Divya Desams

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• • For Benefit of New Readers,note the Terms "Divya Desams" is used to denote the Holy Temples dedicated to Lord Vishnu The All Prevailing Master of 3 Realms.

Why is the Divya Desams special? These holy places were visited by the most enlightened Alvars with proper oblation made to the Lord**

Divya Desams are Vishnu temples where the 12Azhvars(divine saints) of vaishnavism have rendered mangalasasanam (Songs in praise of the lord). The 12 divine saints are Poigaiazhvar, Boodhathazhvar, Peyazhvar, Thirumazhisaiazhvar, Nammazhvar, Madhurakavi Azhvar, Kulasekara Azhvar, Periyazhvar, Aandal, Thondaradi Podi Azhvar, Thiruppaanaazhvar and Thirumangaiazhvar. There are 108 such Vishnu Temples. Out of them 105 are located in India, 1 in Nepal and 2 in the non-physical world.

Vaishnava Hindus, especially in South India, hope to visit all the 106 earthly divya desams in their lifetime, and aspire to reach the 2 spiritual divya desams after their lifetime.

Contents 1 Positions (Tirukkolams) of Vishnu(Narayana) in Divya Desams 2 List of Divya Desams 3 Direction of the holy face 4 List of other Vaishnava temples 5 See also 6 External links 7 References

[edit] Positions (Tirukkolams) of Vishnu(Narayana) in Divya Desams

Sriman Narayanan is found in various Thirukkolam. The Thirukkolam in 108 Divyadesams are given below:^[1]

• Kidantha Thirukkolam (Sleeping Position ) - 27 Divyadesams
• Veetrirundha Thirukkolam (Sitting Position ) - 21 Divyadesams
• Nindra Thirukkolam ( Standing Position ) - 60 Divyadesams

[edit] List of Divya Desams

The list of 108 Divya Desams is given in this table: ^[2]

108 Divya Desams

North of TamilNadu	Chera Kingdom	Madurai	Kanchipuram	Chennai
1. Thiruvengadam 2. Ahobilam 3. Muktinath, Saligramam (Nepal) 4. naimisaaraNyam 5. Mathura 6. Gokul 7. Deva prayakai/Devaprayag 8. Thiruppirithi 9. Badrinath temple 10. Ayodhya 11. Dwarka	12. Thiruvananthapuram 13. Thiru katkarai 14. Moozhik kalam 15. Tiruvalla 16. Thirukadithanam 17. Sengunroor 18. Thiruppuliyoor 19. ThiruvaaRanviLai 20. Thiru vanvandoor 21. Thiru naavaay 22. ViththuvakkOdu	23. Thirumeyyam 24. Thirukkottiyoor 25. Koodal Azhagar Temple 26. Azhagar Kovil 27. Tirumogoor 28. Srivilliputhur 29. Thiruthangal 30. Thiruppullani	31. Tirukkacchi 32. Ashtabujakaram 33. Tiruvekkaa 34. Tiruththanka 35. Tiruvelukkai 36. Tirukalvanoor 37. Tiru oorakam 38. Tiru neeragam 39. Tiru kaaragam 40. Tirukaarvaanam 41. Tiru parameswara vinnagaram 42. Tiru pavala vannam 43. Tiru paadagam 44. Tiru nilaaththingal thundam 45. Tirupputkuzhi	46. Thiruvallikeni 47. Thiruneermalai 48. Thiruvidandai 49. Thirukadalmallai 50. Thiruninravur 51. Thiruevvul 52. Thirukkadigai
Mayiladuthurai and Sirkazhi	Thanjavur	Trichy	Tirunelveli	Kanyakumari
53. Thiruvazhunthoor /Therazhundur 54. Thiruindaloor 55. Kazhicsirama Vinnagaram 56. Thirukkavalampadi 57. Thiruchsempon sey 58. Thiruarimeya Vinnagaram 59. Thiru Vanpurushoththamam 60. Thiruvaikundavinnagaram 61. Thirumanimadam 62. Thiruthevanartthogai 63. Thiruthetriyambalam 64. Thirumanikkoodam 65. ThiruvellakkuLam 66. Thiruppaarththan palli 67. Thalai Sanga Nanmathiyam 68. Thiruchsirupuliyoor 69. Thiru Vali Tirunagari	70. Thiruccithra kootam 71. Thirukkannangudi 72. Thirunagai 73. Thiru Thanjai 74. Tirukkoilur 75. Thirukkoodaloor 76. Thiru Kavith Thalam 77. Thiru Adhanoor 78. ThiruppuLLam Boothangudi 79. Thirukkudandhai 80. Thiruccherai 81. Thiru Nandhipuravinnagaram 82. Thiru Naraiyoor 83. Thiruvinnagar 84. Thiruvelliyangudi 85. Thirukkanamangai 86. Thirukkkannapuram 87. Thirukkandiyur	88. Sri Rangam 89. Thirukkozhi 90. Thirukkarambanoor 91. Thiruvellarai 92. Thiru Anbil 93. Thirupper Nagar 94. Tiruvayindhirapuram	95. Thiruvaramangai 96. Thirukkurungudi 97. Srivaikundam 98. Thiruvaragunamangai 99. Thiruppulingudi 100. Thirukkurugoor 101. Thirutthulaivillimangalam 102. Thirukkoloor 103. Thirukkulandhai 104. Thentirupperai	105. Thiruvattaru 106. Thiruvanparisaram
Vinnulagam (Non-physical world)
107. Thirupaarkadal 108. Thiruparamapadham

[edit] Direction of the holy face

In these 108 Divyadesams, Vishnu faces various directions and giving his seva (blessing), which are as follows:

• Towards East direction - 79 Divyadesams
• Towards West direction - 19 Divyadesams
• Towards North direction - 3 Divyadesams
• Towards South direction - 7 Divyadesams

[edit] List of other Vaishnava temples

• Thirunarayanaswamy temple, Melkote
• Aeri Katha Ramar Temple, Maduranthakam
• Karivaradaraja Perumal, Aragalur (West Facing blessing)
• Kothanda Ramar Temple, Vaduvur
• Rajagopalaswamy Temple, Mannargudi

[edit] See also

Mangalasasanam by Divyadesam

[edit] External links

• [1] contains details about each temple
• [2] contains the poster of the temple deities in the 108 divya desams. This poster is to be found in most of the vaishnava homes.
• [3] contains audio links to some of the pasurams (verse) related to the divya desams.
• [4] lists the Alwars that had sung the praises of god in the respective temples.
• [5] Photos of all divya desams with Sri suktam audio.
• 108 divya desam map Contains map with all the divya desam places in exact locations

[edit] References

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