This picture triggered many memories but also requires some mention of its significance.The main car festival of the srirangam temple, it is named after Virupaksha Raya who had contributed considerably to the renovation of the temple as the Crown Prince of the Vijayanagara (1/n) https://twitter.com/Ethirajans/status/1247077077708181504

The festival commemorates the rededication of the temple to ranganatha after elaborate renovations. The Hampi prince Virupaksha Raya spearheaded the renovation and the ther festival was instituted in his name as Viruppan Thirunaal. (2/n)

Since this was the first great festival to take place, when it did for the first time in 1380s, after six decades of desolation under madurai sultanate, villagers from across the neighborhood thronged. This tradition of villagers continues to this day (3/n)

The picture above also symbolises what the Vijayanagara kings did for the south. The Vibrance, color and sense of cultural richness that picture portrays is a result of the toils of the Vijayanagara Samrajya. (N/n)