శ్రీరంగపట్టణం: కూర్పుల మధ్య తేడాలు

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Although situated a mere 13 km from [[Mysore]] city, Srirangapattana lies in the neighbouring district of [[Mandya District|Mandya]]. The entire town is enclosed by the river [[Kaveri]] to form an [[island]], northern half of which is shown in the image to the right. While the main river flows on the eastern side of the island, the ''Paschima Vaahini'' segment of the same river flows to its west. The town is easily accessible by train from [[Bangalore]] and [[Mysore]] and is also well-connected by road, lying as it does just off the Bangalore-Mysore highway. The highway passes through this town and special care was taken to minimize any impact on the monuments here.

 

 

Srirangapatna is located at {{coor d|12.41|N|76.7|E|}}. It has an average elevation of 679 [[metre]]s (2227 [[foot (unit of length)|feet]]).

 

Srirangapattana has since time immemorial been an urban center and place of pilgrimage. During the [[Vijayanagar empire]], it became the seat of a major viceroyalty, from where several nearby vassal states of the empire, such as [[Kingdom of Mysore|Mysore]] and [[Talakad]], were overseen. When, perceiving the decline of the Vijayanagar empire, the rulers of Mysore ventured to assert independence, Srirangapattana was their first target. [[Raja Wodeyar]] vanquished Rangaraya <ref>The fall of Srirangapattana to the [[Wodeyar]] dynasty in [[1614]] is much celebrated in local ballad and legend, one of which concerns a curse put upon the Wodeyars by Alamelamma, the lamenting wife of the defeated Vijayanagar viceroy. In fulfillment of that curse, no ruling [[Maharaja]] of Mysore has ever had children; the succession has inevitably devolved upon brothers, nephews or adopted heirs, or on children born to the Maharaja before his accession, but never has a child been born to a ruling Maharaja.</ref>, the then viceroy of Srirangapattana, in [[1610]] and celebrated the ''Navaratri'' festival in the town that year. It came to be accepted in time that two things demonstrated control and signified sovereignty over the Kingdom of Mysore by any claimant to the throne:

#Successful holding of the 10-day-long ''[[Navaratri]]'' festival, dedicated to [[Durga]], patron goddess of [[Mysore]];