Vishnu as Ranganayaka SwamyWanaparthy SamsthanamVijayanagara
Sacred since
1763 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1763 (Wanaparthy Samsthanam)
Wanaparthy Samsthanam
History & significance
Built in Saka 1685 (about 1763) by Baheri Gopala Rao of the Wanaparthy Samsthanam as a deliberate copy of the Ranganatha temple at Srirangam, which earned it the name Uttara Srirangapuram, the Srirangam of the north. A tank called Ranga Samudram was dug alongside it, and mukha mandapas were added later by Sankaramba, wife of a succeeding ruler.