Vishnu as Ranganatha, with RanganayakiQutb Shahi periodDravidian, with a three-tier rajagopuram
Sacred since
1600 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
c. 17th c. (Qutb Shahi period)
Qutb Shahi period
History & significance
A roughly four-hundred-year-old Vaishnava temple on the Musi river in Hyderabad, established by the Nanganur Prathama Peetham during Qutb Shahi rule and said to be the first temple that lineage founded in the city. It follows the Vanamamalai sampradaya and was granted a three-year exemption by the Telangana Endowments Department in 2015.