Indra, the King of the Devas,taking the form of Sage Gautama, enjoyed conjugal pleasures with Gautama's wife,Ahalya.
The Sage cursed her to turn into a Stone,and she regained her form when Lord Ram's feet touched her, when Ram was traveling with Sage Viswamitra.
The Sage also cursed Indra to have his whole body be splattered with Female Genital Organ.
Lord Shiva advised Sage Vyargrapadha to worship Lord Ranganatha at SriRangam to enable Vyagrapada to attain Moksha (Vaikunta)
Vyaghrapada was joined by Sage Patanjali in his journey.
Because of poor eyesight,the sages instead went southward, lost their way and reached KrupaSamudram (current Sirupuliyur).
They prayed to Vishnu to come to Srirangam to grant them moksha.
It is believed that Vishnu originally gave darshan (appeared) to the sages as Ranganatha, the form worshipped in the Srirangam temple.
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