Ranganatha

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Hindu deity Vaishnavite deity form of Vishnu

Ranganatha is a reclining form of the Hindu god Vishnu, especially revered in South Indian Vaishnavism as the supreme preserver deity resting on the serpent Adishesha.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Lord Ranganatha	1
Panduranga	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu deity ⓘ Vaishnavite deity ⓘ form of Vishnu ⓘ
associatedConcept	Yoga Nidra NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedMyth	cosmic sleep between cycles of creation ⓘ
associatedWith	Adishesha NERFINISHED ⓘ Alvar saints NERFINISHED ⓘ Divya Desams NERFINISHED ⓘ Pancharanga Kshetrams NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Ranganatha Swamy Temple rituals ⓘ Sri Vaishnavism NERFINISHED ⓘ Vishnu NERFINISHED ⓘ river Kaveri (Cauvery) NERFINISHED ⓘ
consort	Lakshmi NERFINISHED ⓘ
cosmicFunction	preservation ⓘ
cosmicOcean	Kshira Sagara NERFINISHED ⓘ
depicts	Vishnu in reclining posture ⓘ
epithetOf	Vishnu NERFINISHED ⓘ
especiallyReveredIn	South Indian Vaishnavism NERFINISHED ⓘ
festival	Brahmotsavam NERFINISHED ⓘ Vaikunta Ekadashi NERFINISHED ⓘ
holds	lotus ⓘ mace ⓘ
iconographicFeature	multiple-hooded serpent canopy ⓘ reclining on serpent couch ⓘ
languageOfWorship	Sanskrit ⓘ Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ
liesOn	Adishesha NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorTemple	Ranganathar Temple, Sri Rangam (Tamil Nadu) NERFINISHED ⓘ Ranganathaswamy Temple, Nellore NERFINISHED ⓘ Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam NERFINISHED ⓘ Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangapatna NERFINISHED ⓘ
posture	reclining ⓘ
praisedIn	Divya Prabandham NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionOfProminence	Andhra Pradesh NERFINISHED ⓘ Karnataka NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamil Nadu NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
role	supreme preserver deity ⓘ
symbolizes	cosmic rest ⓘ preservation of the universe ⓘ
title	Lord of Srirangam NERFINISHED ⓘ
universeState	resting between creations ⓘ
vahana	Garuda NERFINISHED ⓘ
weapon	Panchajanya Shankha NERFINISHED ⓘ Sudarshana Chakra NERFINISHED ⓘ
worshippedAs	supreme deity ⓘ
worshipTradition	Vaishnavism NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Andal → associatedWithDeity → Ranganatha ⓘ

Panguni Uttiram → associatedWithDeity → Ranganatha ⓘ

Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangapatna → builtFor → Ranganatha ⓘ

Rangaji Temple → dedicatedTo → Ranganatha ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Ranganatha

Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangapatna → dedicatedTo → Ranganatha ⓘ

Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam → dedicatedTo → Ranganatha ⓘ

Mudaliyandan → devoteeOf → Ranganatha ⓘ

Thiruvarangam → hasTempleDeityForm → Ranganatha ⓘ

Rangaji Temple → mainDeity → Ranganatha ⓘ

Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangapatna → mainDeity → Ranganatha ⓘ

Varkari tradition → mainDeity → Ranganatha ⓘ

this entity surface form: Panduranga

Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam → primaryDeity → Ranganatha ⓘ