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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. Category:Divya Desams - Wikipedia

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    Collectively called as the divya desams or holy abodes, these 108 temples are the most significant temples in Vaishnavite tradition. ... Pages in category "Divya Desams"

  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. Paadal Petra Sthalam - Wikipedia

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    The Divya Desams by comparison are the 108 Vishnu temples glorified in the poems of the contemporary ... The list is as shown below. ... 108. Tiruidumbavanam 109. ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. 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 .

  8. Pancha Kshethram - Wikipedia

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    It is the 60th of the 108 Divya Desams dedicated to Vishnu, who is worshiped as Oppiliappan; his consort, Lakshmi, is worshiped as Bhudevi. The temple is believed to have been begun by the medieval Cholas of the late 8th century CE, with later contributions from the Thanjavur Nayaks.

  9. 108 Shiva Temples - Wikipedia

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    108 Temples of the Hindu god Shiva are mentioned in the hymn Shivalaya Stotram. [1] [2] [3] [definition needed] Background. According to Hindu beliefs, the god ...