High medieval · Hindu · India

Biligiri Ranganatha Swamy Temple

ಬಿಳಿಗಿರಿ ರಂಗನಾಥನ ಬೆಟ್ಟ

BR Hills, Karnataka · 11.9939°, 77.1406°

Ranganathaswamy (Vishnu)Undetermined—

Sacred since

1000 CE

first attestation / structure

Standing structure

dating unrecorded

Undetermined

History & significance

A hilltop shrine to Vishnu that gives the Biligiri Rangana Hills their name, set within a wildlife sanctuary declared in 1974 and made a tiger reserve in 2011. Its April festival draws pilgrims from across the region, and every second year the Soliga community presents the deity a hide slipper about one foot nine inches long.

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