An Alt-Reality called Srirangam
Everything about Srirangam Ranganathaswami Temple is MEGA . It reflects even in the word usages : everything is prefixed by "Periya" (= Big/Mega) : The temple is Periya Kovil, the God is Periya Perumal , the Devi is Periya Piratti , the music is Periya Melam, the cooking of neivedyam is Periya Avasaram, the sweets offered is Periya Paniyaram, the holy bath is Periya Tirumanjanam .......periya list . The Island town formed by the bifurcation of River Kaveri into two streams ( Kaveri and Kollidam) is not merely a geographical feature , but , to people of Faith , a spiritual space that is not of this world , A Sacred Realm , the Rangam, ruled by that Enchanter Supreme : Ranganatha (Arangan, in Tamil) The Vaishnavas of Southern India fiercely uphold that the Temple of Ranganathaswami at Srirangam is a phenomenon that exists between The Two Treasured Realms (UbhayaVibhutis) of the Primordial Purusha , ...