History
The vimana of srirangam temple originally came out of “paarkadal” with the powers of brahma deva (One of the three main Gods of Hinduism). The incarnation of lord Vishnu called Ramavathara has performed poojas to this vimana. As a symbol of love he gifted this vimana to Vibishana (brother of Ravana) to take back with him to Sri Lanka. There was a condition that he could not set the vimana on earth and if he did it would set itself permanently. Vibishna took this vimana and was traveling towards Sri Lanka, and came upon the banks of the river Cauvery, during when utsavam (festival) for perumal had to be performed and he placed the vimana on banks of river cauvery. When the utsavam got over, the lord refused to move as he loved the place(Srirangam). When vibhishana requested lord to come along with him, the lord refused but promised to bless Vibhishana facing south always . Then Chola kings Dharmavarcholan and Killivalavan developed the shrine into the big temple seen now. They built the basic foundations and main buildings.
Srirangam was one of the Hindu shrine complexes that was sacked during Ala-ud-din Khilji's deccan invasion, led by his general Malik Kafur. Services at the shrine had temporarily halted following this sack, and were resumed later.
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