"The Sriranganatha temple, ranked foremost of 108 Vaishnava shrines, was among the first to be attacked by the Delhi armies. Sriranganatha was celebrated by devotees as the koil - the temple par excellence."
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Jain, M. (2019). Flight of deities and rebirth of temples: Episodes from Indian history.
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