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Srirangam alias Thiruvarangam- Panja Krishna Kshetram - Swayamvyaktha Kshetram - The Only Temple Sung by 11 Azhwars

Srirangam Divyadesam Trichy Sri Ranganathar

Srirangam Divyadesam Trichy Golden Vimanam and Sri Ranganathar

Srirangam - The First among the 108 Divyadesam and A Self-Manifested Temple - Among the 108 Holy Shrines of Lord Maha Vishnu familiarly known as “108 Divyadesams”, Srirnagam is the foremost. As far as Sree Vaishnavas’ parlance “Koil” means ”Srirangam” only. Another 2 imporatnts are “Perumal” and “Thirumalai”. perumal means Kanchipuram Varadharaja Perumal and Thirumalai means Tirumala Tirupati. Temples which are Self Manifested - Suyambu , i.e. Not Built by Either Rishnis, Munivars, Kings or Humans are worshipped as “Swayam Vyaktha Kshetras”. There are 8 Swayam Vyaktha Kshetras in India among which Srirangam is the foremost one. The remaining temples are Srimushnam in Viruthachalam, Tirumala Tirupati in Andhrapradesh, Salakramam, Thiru Naimisaranyam in Uttarpradesah, Thothathri at Tirunelveli, Pushkaram in Rajasthan and Badrinath in Uttarkand.

Uraiyur Divyadesam also Known as Thirukozhi Divyadesam, a Birth Place of Thirupan Azhwar one of the 12 Alwars

Sthala Puranam of Uraiyur Thirukozhi alias Uraiyur Divyadesam - Once upon a time a number of Rishis were discussing as to who among the trinity is the greatest?. There was no concences among the well knowledgeable and respected rishis, and so they were confused. At this time Sage Brighu happened to pass by and they decided to entrust the issue to him for finding a solution.

108 Temples of Lord Maha Vishnu, Sung Mangalasasanam ( Praising ) by the all the 11 Alwars - Hamsams of Lord Maha Vishnu


Chola Nadu Divyadesam		Nadu Nadu Divyadesam		Thondai Nadu Divyadesam

108 Divyadesams - The Temples only where 11 Azhwars made the Mangalasaasanams - Divyadesam means a group of 108 Vishnu Temples, only where the Alwars ( Azhwars ), believed to be the Hamsams ( Incarnations ) of Lord Maha Vishnu, worshipped theALMIGHTY as the presiding deity with their Hymns ( Pasurams ) and this type of worship is called as Mangalaasaasanam. Among 108 Divyadesams, 105 are in India, 1 in Nepal. The reaming 2 in the celestial world known as Thirupparkadal andThirupparamapatham. TheseHymns are called as “Nalayira Divya Prabandham”, the form of adoration of the deities in all the 108 Divyadesam and these are the verses in simple Tamil explaining the extracts of Vedas, Upanishads and Vyasa’s Bramma Sutra etc …

Uthamarkoil Divyadesam - Bikshandarkoil - The Presence of Seven Guru - Guru Kshetram

Uthamar Koil also called as Bikshandar Koil - The All 3 Deities with their Consorts - Its very rare to find temples where the Holy Trinities – Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva blessing in the same temple. Eventhough if there is not so many temples for Brahma Devar, it is also to be noted that there is no temple without a niche of Brahma. Thirukandiyur near Tanjore, Bitchandar Koil near Trichy and Brahmman Temple in Kumbakonam are such holy temples where Brahma is Blessing as one of the Main Deities. Dasaratha performed a yagna here and Rama was born to him. The belief is that the childless are blessed with progeny. Its believed that as per Vishnu’s instructions Brahma does not refuse anything to devotees here.

Thiruvellarai Divyadesam - Pankajavalli Sametha Pundarikatsha Perumal Blessing in Standing Pose Facing East

Thiruvellarai Divyadesam - Pundarikatsha Perumal - Sthala Puranam -Vellarai means white rock. Since, this sthalam is situated100 feet high in the top of the small mountain, which is white in colour, this sthalam is called "Thiru Vellarai". The wall around this temple is very big and covering the entire area of the temple and the walls also has all the 7 theerthams. The Lord here is referred to the Vedas, which is referred to white colour gives seva along with Thamarai Selvi Periya Pirattiyar in Nindra Sevai. Srimanh Narayanan is giving dharshan to all living and non living things as Sooriya Narayanan.

Thiru Anbil Divyadesam where Sreeman Narayanan Blessing as Beautiful Vadivazhakiya Nambi in Sayana Pose-

Thiru Anbil Divyadesam - Sthala Puranam - Once there was a conversation between Lord Bramha and Saint Valmiki about beautifulness of Lord Vishnu in Sayana pose. This conversation led to fight between the two. Lord Vishnu appeared before them and said "In Sayana pose I am beautiful in Thiru Anbil ". So Lord Vishnu was called here in Anbil Divyadesam is worshipped as "Vadhivazhagiya Nambi". Thiru Anbil Divyadesam is related to two great creators. The whole world was created by Lord Brahma Devar.Valmiki Maharishi is great Saint and he has lots of built-in good thought. s Both these two persons are very good examples of creating good things and dedicating it to the world. Based on the Kalyana gunam (Character) and Thiru Vadivam (shape) of Sriman Narayanan, they created good things and presented to the world.

Koviladi Divyadesam alias Thirupper Nagar - A Panja Ranga Kshetra - A Temple where Nammazhwar attained Moksham

Koviladi - A Panja Ranga Kshetra - Temple History - The story of the temple name is interesting. It is believed that Appaala Ranganathar measured the steps for Srirangam Ranganathar and hence the name ‘Kovil - Adi’ named for this temple. ( As far as Sree Vaishnavas are concerned Kovil means only Srirangam for them among all their temples of Lord Vishnu. Adi means Steps ). This Divya shetram, also know as Thirupper Nagar is located very near to Trichy and is about 5 kms from Thiru Anbil Divyadesam and approximately round 25 kms from Trichy , This place is also called Indragiri, Palaasavanam.

108 Temples of Lord Maha Vishnu, Sung Mangalasasanam ( Praising ) by the all the 11 Alwars - Hamsams of Lord Maha Vishnu


Chola Nadu Divyadesam		Nadu Nadu Divyadesam		Thondai Nadu Divyadesam


Kerala Nadu Divyadesam		Pandiya Nadu Divyadesam		Vadu Nadu Divyadesam

The Alwars are Incarnations of Lord Maha Vishnu - Alwars are believed to be the Amsams of Lord Maha Vishnu . They were lived2500 years ago. However some evidences like the referances, words, and the vocabulary they used in their pasurams, which are called asNalayira Divya Prbandham advocate that they lived between 6th & 9th centuries AD. Poigai Alwar is believed to be the Hmasam ofPanchajanyam, the Conch of Vishnu. Boothathalwar is considered to be the Amsam of Kaumathagi, the mace of Vishnu where asPeyalwar is believed to be the Amsam of Nandhakam, the Sword of Vishnu. These three Alwars are named as “ Muthal Alwarkal “.

Nalayira Divyaprabandham ( 4000 Divya Prabandham ) - A Tamil Veda for Sri Vaishnavites - Sri Vaishnavas consider Nalayira Divyaprabandham as holy as Vedas and they call it as Tamil Veda. Over a period time the hymns sung by all the 12 Azhwars were lost. One fine day, when a Saint named Nadhamuni were worshipping the ALMIGHTY at Thirukkudanthai Divyadesam ( Sarangapani Temple ) in Kumbakonam, Tanjore District had a chance to hear some of the pasurams started with “Aaraa Amudhe“ by some devotees in the temple.

He was very much attracted by those pasurams and had a thrust to collected all the pasurams and started searching. He then heard thatdescendants of Madhurakavi Azhwar were having some hymns. He went all te way to Thirukkovilur there and collected those hymns starting with “ Kanninum Sirithambu ”. At that time Nammazhwar appeared before him as a old man. He tested Nadhamuni vigorously. Finally he gave the pasurams to Nadhamuni. Nadhamuni then compiled all the pasurams into one and named as “ Nalayira Divyaprabandham ” in whichAzhwars praised, described and worshipped the ALMIGHTY as a baby, a friend and a consort.


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Divyadesam Temples All Over India - 95 Divyadesams are in Tamilnadu - Among the 106 Divyadesams in our material world , 11 Divyadesams ( Vada Nadu Divyadesams ) are in North India and the remaining 95 Divyadesams are in South India that too major of Divyadesams ( 82 ) are located in Tamilnadu. They are split into Chozha Nadu Divyadesams – 40 ( Trichy, Tanjore, Kumbakonam, Mayiladuthurai alias Mayavaram, Nagapattinam, Thiruvarur and Sirkazhi ( Worshipped as Thirunangur Divyadesams ), Nadu Nadu Divyadesams – 2 ( Cuddalore ), Pandiya Nadu Divyadesams – 18 ( Madurai, Pudukottai, Sreevilliputhur, Ramanathapuram & Tirunelveli ), Thondai Nadu Divyadesams – 22 ( Kanchipuram & Chennai ) and Chera Nadu Divyadesams - 13 in Kerala.

There is a strong belief in Sri Vaishnavam that, a Devotee who worships all the 106 Divyadesams here will be taken to the remaining Two Celestial Divyadesams by Vishnu along with him. Hence it’s a divine dream for every devotee to worship these Divyadesams. Our main motto is to provide much more clear picture like routing, the nearby temples and contact numbers to them.

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