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The temple is revered in Nalayira Divya Prabandham, the 7th–9th century Sri Vaishnava canon, one of whose authors was Nammalvar. The temple is classified as a Divya Desam, one of the 108 Vishnu temples that are mentioned in the book.
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 Prathanasayana appearance of the main deity is not found anywhere in 108 Divya Desam temples. The temple has a five-tiered rajagopuram (gateway tower). There are columned pillars in the hall leading to the Garuda hall, which also has a small gopuram. The sanctum houses the shrine of Kalamegha and also has the images of Bhudevi and Sridevi ...
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 ...
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 .
It is one of the 108 Divya Desams [19] and also one of the Pancharanga Kshetrams. [4] The main deity in the sanctum is Lord Ranganatha, in a reclining pose and considered adi, meaning fore runner, to the Sri Ranganatha Swamy Temple at Srirangam. The temple tower is in the shape of Indira's Vimana (aircraft).
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 .
The temple is classified as a Divya Desam, one of the 108 Vishnu temples that are mentioned in the book. During the 18th and 19th centuries, the temple finds mention in several works like 108 Tirupati Antati by Divya Kavi Pillai Perumal Aiyangar. [4] It is believed that king Svetharaju in the line of Ikshvaku dynasty worshiped the presiding ...