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Therani is a village in Chittoor district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India - home to a 450-year-old Vishnu temple. Located amidst the hills of Nagari - it offers spectacular views of the jagged peaks (the famous (Nagari Nose )) of the southernmost portions of the Eastern Ghats - (here ). == Origins and history == Sri Vaikuntanatha Swamy Temple and the village of Therani ("near to a river") came into existence in the 16th Century – around 1520 CE, on the banks of Kushasthali River, near Nagari. It was offered as a ''Srothriyam'' ( grants for the keepers of the Vedas ( srutis )) ''Grant'' temple in favor of Shri Nadathur Srinivasachari - from the familial lineage of Nadathur Ammal. The theo-philosophical affiliation is with Sri Vaishnavism - also known as Sri Sampradaya. The formation of the village – Therani, a temple for the personal deity – "Vaikuntanatha Swamy" and associated grants of land and material effects, were enunciated in a HukumNama ( royal order ) from the Adil Shahi dynasty – through Shri KrishnaDevaRaya's royal kingdom and his subordinate KarvetiNagaram Raja. The temple (Pancaratra Agama) remained under the aegis of the Therani Nadathur family (Munitraya SwayamAcarya Paramapara) for worship, aradhana and religious studies of the hereditary family members involved in Shastraic and Vedic pursuits. Though the family tree of the Therani Nadathurs is large, very few of them have maintained affiliations with the village and the temple. The pressures of economics coupled with the allure and entrapment of modern lifestyles has lured most of its descendants away from their origins. The Vaikuntanatha Swamy temple has recently been renovated (2010) and a traditional Samprokshanam - Punasvartam - (purificatory and re-consecration rite) has been performed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Therani」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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