Seringham

Seringham (Srirangam), a town in the Madras Presidency, on an island in the Kaveri, 11 miles W. of Trichinopoly, with a pop. of 21,632. The place is noted for its great temple of Vishnu, a vast complex of halls and gopuras (colossal gateways) built on no very regular plan, but enclosing so large an area that most of the houses of the town are within the temple walls. Notable is one 'hall of a 1000 columns' (960 really), 450 feet long by 130 wide.