Dear Sirs,Please forgive my most ignorant posting to the learned Bhagavatas of this e-mail group. Even though there are quite a few Temples for Lord Sri Ranganatha at various places like, Srirangam in Tamilnadu, Srirangapattanam in Karnataka, Nellore in Andhra Pradesh and Pomona in New York-USA, it is ONLY at Srirangam, Tamilnadu that the Divya Mangala Vigraha is NOT man-made. This Divya Mangala Vigraha of Lord Sri Ranganatha at Srirangam, Tamilnadu was gifted by Lord Sriman Narayana Himself to Brahma, from Brahma to Ikshvaku, and worshipped by all the kings in the Raghuvamsa lineage upto Lord Rama, and from Lord Rama to Vibhishana, and en-route to Sri-Lanka, Lord Sri Ranganatha wanted to have his abode at Srirangam, Tamilnadu. So this Srirangam Ranganatha is the exact replica of Sriman Narayana of Sri Vaikuntham. Rest of the places had the vigraha Pratishta done by Maharshis or devotees. That is the reason why, Lord Sri Ranganatha communicated with Bhagavad Ramanuja
" yAvat SarirapAtam atraiva Srirange sukhamAsva" (SaranAgati Gadya). In this respect, Srirangam of Tamilnadu is unique. Srimad Azhagiyasingar Thiruvadigale Saranam. adiyen, venkat.
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