The 236 feet tall gopuram (temple tower) of the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple at Srirangam in Tamilnadu, India is one of the tallest in the world. One of the gopurams here is fully made of gold, and is protected by an electrical fence.    The Temple complex spread over an area of 156 acres is the biggest functioning temple in the world. The temple at AngkorWat is bigger, but currently is a non-functioning one. In ancient times city of Srirangam lived completely inside the walls of this temple.