The Pancharanga Kshetras are five sacred temples to Ranganatha (the reclining form of Vishnu) strung along the Kaveri river from Karnataka to Tamil Nadu: Srirangapatna (Aadi Rangam), Shivanasamudra (Madhya Ranga), Srirangam (Antya Rangam, the greatest of the five), Koviladi (Appalarangam), and Sarangapani at Kumbakonam.