Aiyaṉār — regional protector-god of Pudukkottai
Tirukkurukur / Ālvārtiruṉagarī — birthplace of Nammalvar
Aṅgāḷamman — goddess of cremation grounds
Agni Liṅga — fire-element
Avinashi-appar of Avinashi — the Revival Shiva
Ayodhya Vaidyanatha as Divya Desam
Rāma Janmabhūmi — Divya Desam + new consecration 2024
Village Sovereign — the meditating warrior of the Tamil boundary
Badrinath — Vishnu meditating in the Himalayas (Vada-Madurai)
Badrīnātha — Char Dham + Divya Desam
Sūrya — the sun, supreme in the Tamil harvest festival
Ākāśa Liṅga — space-element / Lord of the Cosmic Dance
Kaṇṇagi — Silappatikāram heroine deified
Airāvateśvara — UNESCO Living Chola Temple
Divya Desams — The 108 Temples of Lord Vishnu
Draupadi — worshipped as an independent village goddess in Tamil Nadu
Kalyana-narayana — Vishnu's wedding-form at Dwaraka
Pṛthvī Liṅga — earth-element
Second great Chola temple — Rajendra Chola
Vāyu Liṅga — air-element
Kāḷiyamman — Tamil village form of Kāḷī
Jvara-hareshwara of Kanchi — fever-remover
Metrali-eswarar — the "upper-floor" Shiva of Kanchi
Thirukkalvanoor — Vishnu the "handsome thief"
Thiru-kāragam — Vishnu standing in a kārakam (mṛdaṅga/hourglass pose)
Thiru-kārvānam — Vishnu of the "dark form"
Thiru-neeragam — Vishnu in the water
Nilāthingal-thuṇḍam — Vishnu of the moonbeam
Thiru-ooragam — Vishnu's second Kanchi Trivikrama
Pāṇḍava-dūta — Krishna the messenger of the Pāṇḍavas
Thiru-velukkai — Vishnu who acts as the devotee says
Ulakaḷandhar — Vishnu as the cosmic strider
Kailāsanātha — earliest Pallava stone temple
Varadarāja — one of Kanchi's 3 canonical Divya Desams
Kapālīśvara — Shiva of Mylapore, Chennai
The Black Lord — guardian of Ayyanar's court
Pasu-pateeswarar — Lord of the beasts
Ketheeswaram — Shiva near the ancient port
Kumbhakoṇa-īśvara — temple of the cosmic pot
Kuṭralanātha of Kuṭralam — Shiva at the great waterfall
Kallaḻagar — the Stone-Handsome Lord of Alagar Hills
Mīnākṣī-Cokkanātha — the heart of Tamil Shaivism and Shaktism
Sundareśvara — consort of Meenakshi at Madurai
The Warrior of Madurai — guardian hero-deity
Mandapam Amman — goddess of the Rameswaram port
Māriyamman of the four-marble seats
Munīśvaran — muni-god of the Tamil countryside
Munneśvarar — one of Shiva's five ishvarams in Sri Lanka
2nd of the 6 Padai Veedu — Murugan at the sea-shore
Devaraja-perumal of Naimisharanya — forest of recitation
Tirunelli — Kerala Char Dham of Vishnu
Alwarthirunagari — birthplace of Nammāḻvār
Nava Tirupati — Thenthirupperai
Nava Tirupati — Thirukkolur
Nava Tirupati — Thirukkulandhai (Perungulam)
Nava Tirupati — Thirupperai (Srivaikuntam taluka)
Nava Tirupati — Varagunamangai
Oppiliappan Koil Thiruvinnagar
Velankanni — "Lourdes of the East"
6th Padai Veedu — Murugan of the ancient fruit grove
Third Padai Veedu; Murugan-as-renunciate with staff
Palani Murugan — 3rd of the 6 Padai Veedu
Pandi Muneeswaran — fierce Shaiva-folk protector of Madurai
Paramapadam — the Supreme Abode, Vaikuntha
Pārthasārathy — Krishna as Arjuna's charioteer
Sixth Padai Veedu — where Murugan as boy humbled Avvaiyar
Pēchi Amman — Forest-Mother of the Tamil hills
Malai-thungi-natha of Kongu Nadu — "Shiva who cradles the mountain"
Patṭīśvara of Perur — Shiva of the five-legged calf
Piḍāri — the boundary-mother
Midnight Mother — Tamil gramadevata of sudden afflictions
The Rain and Pox Mother at Samayapuram
Kumbakonam Sārangapāṇi
Sattanathar of Seerkazhi — 3 shrines in 1
Thoniappar of the divine boat
Shyama Shastri — The Third Trinity Composer of Kanchipuram
Silambarasī — guardian of the waters
Kannappa — the hunter-devotee
Śrī Vaikuṇṭham (first of Nava Tirupati)
Śrīraṅgam Raṅganātha — first and foremost of 108 Divya Desams
Sūryanār Kōyil — Navagraha Sun-deity temple
4th Padai Veedu — where Murugan taught Shiva
Fourth Padai Veedu; Murugan as his father's teacher
Tamil Hindu Deities in Sri Lanka
Bṛhadīśvara — Chola masterpiece, UNESCO
Tingaḷūr — Navagraha Chandra (Moon) sthala
Thiru-kadithanam — Vishnu of Chengannur region
Sowriraja of Thirukkannapuram — Krishna's long-haired form
Koodal Azhagar Koil
Ashtabujagaram of Kanchi — eight-armed Vishnu
Tiruchendūr — Second Padai Veedu of Murugan by the Bay of Bengal
Tiruccengoḍu — Ardhanārī temple on hilltop
Saranatha — Vishnu of Kaveri-wedding
Saranatha — Vishnu the shelter-giver
Thiruchittrakuta — twin of Chitrakuta
Parimala-ranganatha of Thiru-indalur
Bhaktavatsala of Thirukannamangai — the lover of devotees
Loganatha of Thirukkannangudi — Vishnu lord of the world
Annyur-natha of Thirukanur
Gopalakrishna of Thirukavalampadi
Varadaraja (Devaraja) of Kanchi — great Vishnu of Tondai-mandalam
Amṛtaghaṭeśvara of Thirukkadaiyur — Shiva who defeated Yama
Tirukkalanthar — Shiva who conquered Kala (Time)
Vedagiri of the Two Eagles
Veera-sthana of Thirukkandiyur
Sivalokanathar — Shiva who opened heaven
Avinashi-appan — the imperishable Shiva
Vedagiriśvara of Thirukkazhukunram — Shiva of the Eagle Hill
Chokkanathar — Shiva as golden Lord
Jagatrakshaga of Thirukkoodalur — Vishnu who saves the world
Azhagiya Nambi of Thirukkurungudi — the handsome Lord
Koneswarar — Shiva at the sacred mountain of Sri Lanka
Thayumana-swamy of Thirumalpuram — "the Shiva who became the mother"
Prāṇanātheśvara of Thirumangalakudi
Vamadeva — one of the 5 faces of Shiva
Vedaranyeswarar of Vedaranyam — "the forest where Vedas hid"
Vaidyanāthar — the "divine physician" form
Soundararajan of Thirunagai (Nagapattinam)
Kalyāṇa-sundarar — Shiva of the Divine Wedding
Vinnagaraperumal — Vishnu of the heavens
Nachiyar Koil — where the goddess takes precedence over the Lord
Nambinayaki-Siddinathar of Thirunaraiyur
Siddhi-vināyaka of Thirunaraiyur (Nachiyar Koil) — Shiva shrine
Thirunavaya — Vishnu at the confluence of Bharatappuzha
Neithana-nathar — Shiva of the lotus-stamen
Nellai-appar of Tirunelveli — the paddy-field Shiva
Pattu-nathar — Shiva of the silk weavers
Arul-vallar — Shiva of the ancient clay river-bank
Apatsahayar of Thirupazhanam — Shiva the helper in distress
Pālvaṇṇa-nāthar — the milk-white Shiva
Vīḍi-vīṭangar of Thiruppanandal — the tilted liṅga
Tirupparkadal — Vishnu reclining on Ananta
Pavalavanna — coral-coloured Vishnu of Kanchi
Avinashi-natha of Thiruppukkoliyur
Puṣpavaneśvara of Thiruppuvanam — the Flower-Forest Shiva
Kalyana Jagannatha of Thirupullani — Rama's chosen shrine
Punnai-vana-nathar of Thirupunavasal
Pushpavaneswarar — the flower-forest
Pushpavaneswarar — flower-forest (distinct from Thirupundhuruthi)
5th of the 6 Padai Veedu — where Murugan married Valli
Thiruthanigai Shiva (adjoining Murugan Padai Veedu)
Pāla-sama-nātha of Thiruthuraipoondi
Govardhana-giridhari — Krishna lifting Govardhana
Aiyyārappar of Thiruvaiyāru — confluence of five rivers
Tiruvaiyāṟu — Shiva of the 5 rivers
Sri Vallabha of Thiruvalla
Bilvāraṇyeśvara of Thiruvallam
Shiva of the Veeraraghava precinct — Thiruvallur
Appu Liṅga — water-element
Akilandeshwari (Ambal) of Jambukeshwara
Padmanābha of Thiruvananthapuram — Kerala's presiding Vishnu
Mahadeva of the Old Chera Capital
Mahādevā of Tiruvañjikkalam — Shiva of old Chera capital
Vanji-natha of Thiruvanjiyam
Thyagaraja of Tiruvarur — capital Shiva
Tiruvārūr — great Chola Nayanar birthplace
Adikeshava of Thiruvattaru — 22-ft reclining Vishnu
Madhyarjuneshwarar of Thiruvidaimaruthur
Tiruvellaṟai — Pundarikaksha Perumal
Vedapureeswarar — Shiva of the Vedic yajna
Tiruvenkāṭu — Navagraha Budha (Mercury) sthala
Swetaranyeswarar — Budha's remission temple
Mahāliṅgeśvara of Thiruvidaimaruthur — "central" of the three
Ādipurīśvara of Thiruvotriyur
Thrikkakara — Vishnu as Vāmana, origin of Onam
Tirukkaṇṇapuraṃ — Vishnu as Sauri Perumal
Tirukkaṇṇamaṅgai — Vishnu as Abhishekavalli's consort
Tiruppullām Pūtaṅkuḍi — Vishnu with his 4 Pancha Vyuha forms
Tirukkuṟuṅguḍi — Nambiyār Vishnu of the dwarf-body
Tirukōṭṭiyūr — site of Ramanuja's secret-mantra revelation
Tirumāl Iruñcōlai — Kallazhagar (Madurai hills)
Tirumaḻicaiyāḻvāṉ — where 6th-c. Alvar was born
Tirumōgūr — where Mohini bestowed amṛta
Tirumukkūṭal — three-river confluence Vishnu
Nellaiappar — Lord of the paddy-fence
Ksīrābdhinātha — Vishnu reclining on the Milk-Ocean
Tirupparankundram — First of the Six Abodes (Āṟupāḍai Vīḍu)
Fifth Padai Veedu — where Murugan married Valli
Aruṇāchaleśvara — Agni Liṅga + Tevaram
Tiruvaṉantapuram Padmanābha — wealth-vault Vishnu
Vedapureeswarar — Shiva of the Vedic scholars
Uṟaiyūr — old Chola capital, Nachiyar's birthplace
Tirupperai — one of Nava Tirupati
Vaidyanātha — Shiva the divine physician
Vāṉamāmalai / Nāṉkuṇerī — Vishnu as Deivanayagan