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Temple legend · 2 tellings · contested

How Ranganatha came to face south at Srirangam

The Ranga Vimana rose from the churning, passed from Brahma to the kings of Ayodhya and from Rama to Vibhishana, and would not leave the Kaveri island.

Ranganatha, Brahma, Ikshvaku, Rama

South India