

It is a dream of every devotee of Lord Ranganatha to spend at least one year at Srirangam to enjoy the temple festivities and immerse themselves in the supercharged cultural atmosphere and religious traditions of Srirangam. Įvery day is a festival day at Srirangam. This tradition continues to this day at Srirangam. ( hymnology in Tamil to Veda mantrams), the Epics (Ithihasams like Maha Bharatam and Puraanams like Vishnu puranam and Srimad Bhagavatam ) as well as the two Vaishnavite Agamas ( Rituals of worship) these scholars handed over the various sacred treasures as family heirlooms from one generation to the next.

Following the foot steps of AchArya Ramanuja, the scholastic community at Srirangam continued to maintain the highest standards of Scholarship in the Vedas, Tamil Prabhandhams

( utsavar) is worshipped as Lord Ramachandran. At the Srirangam Temple, the sthira bheram ( moolavar) is recognized as Damodhara KrishNa with welt marks in His waist and the processional deity Acharya Ramanuja is one of the most renowned leaders, who left his indelible mark on Visishtadvaitam from His base in Srirangam. For many centuries, a coterie of renowned Vedic scholars settled down at Srirangam to worship Lord Ranganatha and to study as well as interpret traditional sacred texts linked to Sri VaishNavism, one of the oldest monotheistic religion of India. A huge temple at Srirangam has been built for the divine couple at Srirangam by many Kings and AchAryas. The presiding deity of the ancient VishNu temple at Srirangam is Lord Ranganatha. Swetha Sundaram, the gifted author of the new book, KrishNa the Butter Bandit hails from a family with deep links to the famous temple town of Srirangam in South India.
