ShivanaSamudra is 85 Km from Mysore and 124 Km from Bangalore. The river Kaveri makes her way through the hills and finally plunges down here, forming two spectacular waterfalls – Gagana Chukki and Bharachukki. The Kaveri river gives Shivanasamudra an island form and the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple is located here. It is built in the Dravidan style of architecture. There are three more temples in three other sides of the island. Sri Ranganathaswamy here is also referred to as “Madya Ranga”, who is hihgly revered by Sri Vyshanava devotees among others. “Adi Ranga” at Srirangapattana and “Anthya Ranga” at Srirangam, Tamilnadu are two other prominent forms of Sri Ranganatha Swamy. Kaveri touches Srirangapattana first, next Shivanasamudra in the middle and finally reaches the sea at Srirangam. This is the main reason behind such belief. Among all the three, the deity here is believed to represent the youth form of the God and hence is also fondly referred to as ‘Mohana Ranga’ and ‘Jaganmohana Ranga’.
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