Thursday, April 14, 2016

Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam – Sixth Enclosure (Thiruvikraman Thiruveedhi)

Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam – Sixth Enclosure (Thiruvikraman Thiruveedhi)
Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple’s sixth enclosure has four towers; the eastern gopura is the most impressive in size and the inscriptions in 13th century Tamil letters. The processional chariots are kept in this enclosure.

The Sixth Enclosure is also called as Thiruvikraman Thiruveedhi & Uthara Street. In this enclosure’s south-east corner, there is temple for Manavala Maamunigal. It is considered as Bhuvarloka.