105 of them are spread across India, one in Nepal, while the other two are for the afterlife.Īzhwars were Tamil poet saints whose hymns in praise of Vishnu are composed and collected in the Divya Prabhandam. They refer to the 108 temples dedicated to Lord Vishnu, a Hindu god, and are praised by Azhwars in the 4000 Tamil verses which are part of the Divya Prabandham. I intend this post to be a travel guide combined with some interesting tidbits and history of these temples.ĭivya Desams. This post is part one of what I hope will be an ongoing series of my visits to these temples. This past October I was blessed to start my quest to visit all 108 (106 on Earth) Divya Desams by completing fifteen in a one day visit to Kanchipuram, a town in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
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