Ranganatha Shrines of the Kaveri
The Pancharanga Kshetrams — Ranganatha (Vishnu) shrines strung along the Kaveri river from Srirangapatna to Srirangam.
Significance & tradition
Connects this app's Mysore and Madurai-region destinations through a shared deity and a single river rather than a shared state or region.
History
Vaishnava tradition holds these five shrines were each home to a Ranganatha image at different points as the deity 'travelled' down the river across centuries.
How this list was compiled
An exhaustive list of the five Pancharanga Kshetrams per Vaishnava tradition.
Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangapatna
Karnataka
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Shivanasamudra Ranganatha Temple
Karnataka · not yet in Swamarg
Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam
Tamil Nadu · not yet in Swamarg
Appalarangan Temple, Koviladi
Tamil Nadu · not yet in Swamarg
Parimala Ranganatha Temple, Indalur
Tamil Nadu · not yet in Swamarg