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  2. Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam - Wikipedia

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    Constructed in the Dravidian architectural style, the temple is glorified by the Tamil poet-saints called the Alvars in their canon, the Naalayira Divya Prabhandam, [5] and has the unique distinction of being the foremost among the 108 Divya Desams dedicated to the god Vishnu. The Srirangam temple stands as the largest religious complex in the ...

  3. Rama - Wikipedia

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    Rama's birth, according to Ramayana, is an incarnation of God (Vishnu) as human. When demigods went to Brahma to seek liberation from Ravana's menace on the Earth (due to powers he had from Brahma's boon to him), Vishnu himself appeared and said he will incarnate as Rama (human) and kill Ravana (since Brahma 's boon made him invincible from all ...

  4. Kodandaramaswamy Temple, Ayodhyapatinam - Wikipedia

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    The temple has granite walls enclosing all the shrines and pierced by a five-tiered Raja Gopuram, the gateway tower.The temple is noted for its exquisite pillars. The presiding deity, Ramaswamy (Rama), along with Sita, is sported with two arms seated in the central shrine in an elevated structure with Bharata, Lakshmana, Shatrughna, Hanuman, Vibhishana, Bharadvaja and Vasishta serving and ...

  5. Vishnu - Wikipedia

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    In section 7.99 of the Rigveda, Vishnu is addressed as the god who separates heaven and earth, a characteristic he shares with Indra. In the Vedic texts, the deity or god referred to as Vishnu is Surya or Savitr (Sun god), who also bears the name Suryanarayana. Again, this link to Surya is a characteristic Vishnu shares with fellow Vedic ...

  6. List of Hindu temples in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Sri Venkateswara Temple of Central Ohio [93] Delaware: SLN Temple Girard Ohio [94] Girard: Sri Saibaba Temple Society Of Ohio [95] Lewis Center: Sri SaiBaba Temple of Greater Cincinnati [96] Mason: Shiva Vishnu Hindu Temple of Greater Cleveland: Parma: Bharatiya Hindu Temple: Powell: Opened 1994. Largest Hindu temple in Columbus metropolitan area.

  7. Sita Ramachandraswamy Temple, Bhadrachalam - Wikipedia

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    The temple is one of several in India linked to the epic Ramayana legend about Bhadra. According to this legend, in the Treta Yuga, Rama (avatar of the god Vishnu), along with his consort Sita and brother Lakshmana, stayed in the Dandaka forest as a part of their fourteen-year exile. [1]

  8. Ramaswamy Temple, Kumbakonam - Wikipedia

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    Ramaswamy Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Rama, an incarnation of Vishnu located in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the prominent temples in the town and also one of the most prominent temples dedicated to Rama in India. This temple is also counted as a temple located on the banks of river Kaveri.

  9. Ramanathaswamy Temple - Wikipedia

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    As per the Shiva Purana, once, Brahma (the god of creation) and Vishnu (the god of preservation) had an argument in terms of their supremacy in creation. [28] To settle their dispute, Shiva pierced the three worlds as a huge and endless pillar of light called the jyotirlinga. Vishnu and Brahma split their ways downwards and upwards respectively ...