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  2. Divya Desam - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Nangur Vishnu Temples - Wikipedia

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    The eleven temples are part of the 108 Divya Desams of the Hindu god Vishnu. The temples at Nangur are believed to have been sanctified by Tirumangai Alvar , one of the 12 Alvars . [ 1 ] The oldest of them have been dated to the reign of the Medieval Chola king Parantaka I .

  4. Abhimana Kshethram - Wikipedia

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    Abhimana Kshethram or Abhimana Sthalam are a list of 108 sacred Vishnu temples apart from the other 108 Divya desams. Abhimana desams or close abodes, these temples are the most significant temples in the Vaishnavite tradition which has similar greatness as Divya Desams.

  5. Thirukkalvanur - Wikipedia

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    108.27 m (355 ft) Thirukkalvanur also known as 'Aadhivaraaha Perumal Temple' is a Vaishnavite temple in Kanchipuram , Tamil Nadu state in India . [ 1 ] It is one of the 108 Divya desams .

  6. Veeraraghava Swamy Temple - Wikipedia

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    The temple is revered in Naalayira Divya Prabandham, the 7th–9th century Vaishnava canon, by Thirumangai Alvar and Thirumalisai Alvar. [3] The Alvar has sung praise, imagining himself as a lady and Veeraraghava as his lover. The temple is classified as a Divyadesam, one of the 108 Vishnu temples that are mentioned in the book. [12]

  7. Neelamegha Perumal Temple - Wikipedia

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    The temple is classified as a Divya Desam, one of the 108 Vishnu temples that are mentioned in the book. The temple is next only to Srirangam Ranganathaswamy temple in terms of number of hymns dedicated to the presiding deity in Nalayira Divya Prabandam. [1] [7] The temple is also mentioned in 108 Tirupathi Anthathi by Divya Kavi Pillai Perumal ...

  8. List of Hindu temples in Kanchipuram - Wikipedia

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    It is an ancient temple and one of the 108 Divya Desams, the holy abodes of Vishnu. It is located in a part of Kanchipuram called the Vishnu Kanchi , where various Vishnu temples are situated. Varadharaja Perumal Temple is a huge one on a 23-acre (93,000 m 2 ) complex and shows the architectural skills of ancient vishvakarma sthapathis in ...

  9. Thirumohoor Kalamegaperumal temple - Wikipedia

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    The temple is glorified in the verses of Nalayira Divya Prabandham by Tirumangai Alvar and Nammalvar. The temple is classified as a Divya Desam, one of the 108 Vishnu temples that are mentioned in the book. Manavala Mamunigal, Kalamegha Pulavar, Tiruninravur Tirumalai and Pillai Perumal Iyengar have composed verses on the deity.