[Advaita-l] Regarding Padmanabhaswamy

[D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ]

I think Govindaraja Swamy of the Tirupati served as a  proxy for Ranganatha
of Sri Rangam for Ralanujacharya
when he sojourned in Tirupati.

regards,
Sarma.

On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 10:35 AM, Kalyan via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> //Further, I am not certain if there is another temple dedicated to Ananta
> sleeping on a serpent Shesha except the Ranganatha temple (3 temples, I
> think) and the Trivandrum temple.//
>
> Dear Sri Adityaji, there is also a Govindaraja swamy temple in Tirupathi
> where the idol is in a sleeping posture. The original temple was in Tamil
> Nadu, but it is said that a fanatical king got the original idol thrown
> into the sea. The temple at Tirupathi was built later.
>
>
> //From
> what I understand, Padmanabhaswamy temple is older than Sri
> Rangam temple. //
>
> Could you please tell me how you reached this conclusion? As far as I
> understand, the dates of very old temples cannot be determined with
> certainty.
>
> Regards
> Kalyan
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