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Srirangam through time

Now Srirangam, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu

  1. Theme 12e · 575 to 1279 CE

    South India: Pallavas, Pandyas, Cholas

    A temple city of the late Dravida phase, and Ramanuja's seat

  2. Theme 12f · 600 to 1317 CE

    Bhakti in the south and beyond

    The great Vishnu temple where Ramanuja was based

  3. Theme M4 · 1070 to 1323 CE

    South India before the Sultanate: the last Cholas, Hoysalas, Pandyas and Kakatiyas

    Ramanuja's centre, the great Ranganatha temple on a Kaveri island; he fled it under Kulottunga I