The 108 Divya Desams are the 108 sacred abodes of Vishnu sung in the Tamil hymns of the 12 Āḻvārs. Compiled by Nāthamuni in the 9th c. CE as the Nālāyira Divya Prabandham (4,000 verses), these temples constitute the sacred geography of Tamil Vaishnavism and are the foundational map for the Śrīvaiṣṇava sampradāya (Rāmānuja, 11th c.). 108 is the canonical count — 106 on earth, plus Tirupparkadal (the milk-ocean, Vishnu's cosmic abode) and Paramapadam (Vaikuṇṭha, the etern
Wisdom Graph: Divine Associations
MantraOṁ Namo Nārāyaṇāya / Oṁ Namo Bhagavate Vāsudevāya
