We had His blessings (with a small present for my Narasimha puja, a ancient ring of Ganda Berunda) and a very super talk, after we left for a visit to the surroundings of Sri Rangapatnam. This nowadays looking small village, was once upon a time the capital of the famous Mogul King, Tippu Sultan. He fought the english army very strongly, and sometimes he is considered to be a very open ruler to all kind of Religions. He even donated different ornaments and paraphenalia to the Yoga Narasimha in Melkote but has rensacked the temple of Lord Rangantha in Tamil Nadu. Anyhow in 1799 he was finally defeated by the english, and killed outside of Srirangapatnam. The whole city got devastated, and only few temples and mosques were half spared. The rebuilding was not taken seriously, so a small village was relocated, and the ruins of the castle and walls are still visible.
We went to the tomb of Tippu sultan and not far from there is the Kaveri Sangam, where she rejoins (she flows around Srirangapatnam and creates a island). The main deity is Adi Ranganatha, same as Lord Ranganatha in Srirangam (Antya Ranga). There is another Lying Vishnu on the Bank of Kaveri in between in talakadu/sivanasamudra, and He is called there Madhya Ranganatha. So there are 3 main big sleeping* Vishnus on the bank of Kaveri, all very ancient and special in appearance!
In sri Rangapatnam we have the first of these 3, a very huge Deity (around 2,1/2 meters long), but taking pictures are not allowed. But see the drawing, old painting as well...
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