Tirunārāyaṇapuram (Melkote)

Tirunārāyaṇapuram (Melkote) is a hill temple town in the Mandya district of Karnataka, south India, site of the Cheluvanārāyaṇa temple. By tradition Rāmānuja (1017–1137) spent some years here during a period away from Śrīraṅgam, establishing it as a Śrī Vaiṣṇava centre.