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Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam
A temple town affected by early-fourteenth-century raids and later restoration.
Srirangam · Tamil Nadu
Rebuilt
As documented: 2026-09-28Approximate locality
10.8625°, 78.6897° · not a surveyed footprintHow to read this history
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- Underlying bibliography is available with access status; independent specialist review remains outstanding.
AI-assisted source review: 2026-09-28. Independent specialist review: not completed.
The recorded chronology
Selected episodes. Rebuilding and later changes are distinguished from damage.
- Looting · intentional causeOpen this episode on the map ↗
1311 AD
A raided temple in the Kaveri region is identified with Srirangam in the cited scholarship.
eventAttributed · further checking neededA raided temple in the Kaveri region is identified with Srirangam in the cited scholarship.
Identification of the chronicle’s temple is an interpretation, not an unambiguous place-name in that account.
- Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam — Wikipedia article and bibliography ↗Wikipedia contributors · History / damage account; see source context · Accessed 2026-09-28
dateAttributed · further checking needed1311
- Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam — Wikipedia article and bibliography ↗Wikipedia contributors · History / damage account; see source context · Accessed 2026-09-28
actorAttributed · further checking neededMalik Kafur and Delhi Sultanate forces
- Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam — Wikipedia article and bibliography ↗Wikipedia contributors · History / damage account; see source context · Accessed 2026-09-28
GUARDIANS OF INDIA’S HERITAGE
People behind the preservation
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- Ranganatha returns to Srirangam · 1371–1372 AD
Gopanna / Gopanarya ↗ — Returned and reinstalled the image
Kumara Kampana ↗ — Military and political context - An image carried into refuge · Early 14th century AD; chronology debated
Pillai Lokacharya ↗ — Rescuer in Sri Vaishnava tradition - Preserving a manuscript and a lineage · Early 14th century AD
Vedanta Desika ↗ — Custodian in religious biography
Location & last documented condition
Approximate locality; not a surveyed historic footprint.
- Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam — Wikipedia article and bibliography ↗Wikipedia contributors · History / damage account; see source context · Accessed 2026-09-28
The official submission describes a functioning temple town with surviving and later architecture.
- Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam ↗Permanent Delegation of India to UNESCO · History / damage account; see source context · Accessed 2026-09-28
Source context
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- Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam ↗ · Permanent Delegation of India to UNESCO
Tentative-list submission consulted for surviving architecture and living temple context; not an independent source for every medieval raid.
Discovery: Wikipedia reference trail or independent source search · Access: direct - Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam — Wikipedia article and bibliography ↗ · Wikipedia contributors
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