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Nammalvar was one of the twelve Alvar saints of Tamil Nadu, India, who are known for their affiliation to the Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism.The verses of the Alvars are compiled as the Naalayira Divya Prabandham, where praises are sung of 108 temples that are classified as divine realms, called the Divya Desams.
The temple is classified as a Divya Desam, the 108 Vishnu temples that are revered in the Vaishnava canon.It is one of the 5 major vashnavite temple located in the state of uttar pradesh along with Ram janmbhoomi Temple(ayodhya),Krishna Janmbhoomi Temple(mathura),Kamtanath Temple(chitrakoot) and Beni Madhav Temple(prayagraj).
Muktinath, Saligramam is the only Divya Desam in Nepal. Tamil Nadu is home to the most number of Divya Desams with 25 of them being located in the Chennai Metropolitan Area. The Divya Desams are revered by the 12 Alvars in the Naalayira Divya Prabandham, a collection of 4,000 Tamil verses. The Divya Desams follow either Tenkalai or Vadakalai ...
The Dravidian temple is mentioned in the Divya Prabandham, the early-medieval Tamil verse collection from the Alvars. It is one of the 108 Divya Desam dedicated to Vishnu, who is worshipped as Srinivasa Perumal; his consort, Lakshmi, is worshiped as Nachiyar.
The verses of Alvars are compiled as the Naalayira Divya Prabandham and the 108 temples revered are classified as Divya Desam. According to some accounts, Periyalvar is considered the first in the line of the twelve Alvars, while other accounts place him as the eighth. His original name was Vishnuchittar.
Appakkudathaan Perumal Temple or Thirupper Nagar, is a Perumal temple located in Koviladi, a village 10 miles (16 km) from Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, India.It is dedicated to Vishnu and is one of the Divya Desams—the 108 temples of Vishnu revered in Nalayira Divya Prabandham by the 12 poet saints or Alvars.
The temple is given a status of one of the 108 Divya Desams of Hinduism (and the only Divya Desam located outside India) as well as one of the eight most sacred shrines, known as Svayam Vyakta Ksetras, of Vaishnavism. [4] It is also one of the 51 Shakta pithas, associated with the head of goddess Sati.
Poigai Alvar Tamil pronunciation ⓘ was one of the twelve Alvar saints of South India, who are known for their affiliation to Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism.The verses of Alvars are compiled as Nalayira Divya Prabandham and the 108 temples revered are classified as Divya Desam.