OM NAMO NARAYANAYA NAMAH:

This is an attempt to narrate our mission to visit the 108 Divya Desams.

Triggered by a small discussion self and my husband had way back last year suddenly we decided to complete the mission within a timeframe of two years. With Emperuman’s grace and anugraham, we have so far completed 82 out of 106. (the last two being celestial abodes). 

Each and every temple is unique in nature.  We got fascinated by the rich cultural and religious heritage each of our purana

temple depicts.  Through this blog I will be sharing our experiences including certain tips for devotees who wants to take this mission.

Let me first start by giving a brief description of what is a “Divya Desam”.

Divya Desams refer to the 108 Vishnu temples that are mentioned in the works of the Tamil Azhvars (saints). Divya in the Tamil language indicates "premium" and Desam indicates "place" (temple). Of the 108 temples, 105 are located in India, one in Nepal and two outside of the Earthly realms. Most of the Divya Desams in Tamil Nadu follow the Thenkalai tradition. This includes the important temples of Srirangam and Triplicane.  The Divya Desams are revered by the 12 Azhvars in the Divya Prabandha, a collection of 4,000 Tamil verses.

Likewise, Lord Shiva, the other major deity in Hinduism, is similarly associated with the Paadal Petra Sthalams, 275 Shiva temples which are praised in the Tevaram canon by the 63 Nayanars.

With Perumal’s grace, after completing the visit of divya desams, we have an ambition to start off with the saivaite “padal petra sthalangal”, Pancha bootha thalangal”, Dwadasa Jyothir Linga Darisanam etc.,
Given below is the list of the Divyadesam temples segregated geographically. I will be soon starting off with Malai Nattu Divya Desam where we started our endeavour.

Om Namo Narayanaya! Om Namo Vasudevaya!!

108 Divya Desams
Nepal	North India	Kerala or Malaiyalanadu	Madurai	Kanchipuram	Chennai
1. Muktinath, Saligramam Nepal	2. Ahobilam - Andhra Pradesh 30. Thiruvengadam - Andhra Pradesh 3. Naimisaranya - Uttar Pradesh 4. Mathura - Uttar Pradesh 5. Thiru Aaipadi - Uttar Pradesh 6. Devprayag - Uttarakhand 7. Thiruppirithi - Uttarakhand 8. Badrinath temple - Uttarakhand 9. Ayodhya - Uttar Pradesh 10. Dwarka - Gujarat	11. Thiruvananthapuram - Kerala 12. Thirukatkarai 13. Moozhikkalam 14. Tiruvalla 15. Thirukadithanam 16. Sengunroor 17. Thiruppuliyoor 18. Thiruvaaranvilai 19. Thiruvanvandoor 20. Thiru naavaay 21. Viththuvakkodu	22. Thirumeyyam 23. Thirukoshtiyur 24. Koodal Azhagar Temple 25. Azhagar Kovil 26. Tirumogoor 27. Srivilliputhur 28. Tiruththangal 29. Thiruppullani	31. Tirukkacchi 32. Ashtabujakaram 33. Tiruvekkaa 34. Tiruththanka 35. Tiruvelukkai 36. Tirukalvanoor (inside Kamakshi Amman Temple) 37. Tiru oorakam 38. Tiru neeragam 39. Tiru kaaragam 40. Tirukaarvaanam 41. Tiru parameswara vinnagaram 42. Tiru pavala vannam 43. Tiru paadagam 44. Tiru nilaaththingal thundam (inside Ekambareswarar Temple) 45. Thiruputkuzhi	46. Thiruvallikeni 47. Thiruneermalai 48. Thiruvidandai 49. Thirukadalmallai 50. Thiruninravur 51. Thiruvallur 52. Thirukkadigai
Mayiladuthurai and Sirkazhi	Thanjavur	Trichy	Tirunelveli	Kanyakumari
53. Thiruvazhunthoor 54. Thiruindaloor 55. Kazheesirama Vinnagaram 56. Thirukkavalampadi 57. Thiruchsemponsey 58. Thiruarimeya Vinnagaram 59. Thiru Vanpurushothamam 60. Thiruvaikunda vinnagaram 61. Thirumanimadam 62. Thiruthevanartthogai 63. Thiruthetriyambalam 64. Thirumanikkoodam 65. Thiruvellakkulam 66. Thiruppaarththanpalli 67. Thalai Sanga Nanmathiyam 68. Thiruchsirupuliyoor 69. Thiruvali-Thirunagari	70. Thiruccithra kootam 71. Thirukkannangudi 72. Thirunagai 73. Thiru Thanjai 74. Tirukkoilur 75. Thirukkoodaloor 76. Thiru Kavith Thalam 77. Thiru Adhanoor 78. Thirupullabhoothangudi 79. Thirukkudandhai 80. Thiruccherai or Thirucherai 81. Thirunandipura Vinnagaram 82. ThiruNaraiyoor 83. Thiruvinnagar 84. Thiruvelliyangudi 85. Thirukkanamangai 86. Thirukkkannapuram 87. Thirukkandiyur	88. Sri Rangam 89. Thirukkozhi > 90. Thirukkarambanoor 91. Thiruvellarai 92. Thiru Anbil 93. Thirupper Nagar 94. Thiruvanthipuram	95. Thiruvaramangai 96. Thirukkurungudi 97. Srivaikundam 98. Thiruvaragunamangai 99. Thiruppulingudi 100. Thirukkurugoor(Azhwar Tirunagari) 101. Thirutthulaivillimangalam(Irattai Tirupathy) 102. Thirukkoloor 103. Thirukkulandhai 104. Thentirupperai	105. Thiruvattaru 106. Thiruvanparisaram
Vinnulagam (Outside the Earthly realm)
107. Thirupaarkadal 108. Thiruparamapadham