Tirupparaittathurai — less-known Vishnu of Tamil Nadu
Tirukkurukur / Ālvārtiruṉagarī — birthplace of Nammalvar
Son of Anjana
Aranmula Pārthasārathy — Pamba-river Krishna-Arjuna
Third Pandava
Assi — where Tulsīdās wrote Rāmcaritamānas
Kanak Bhawan — the golden palace of Rama-Sita
Ayodhyā — Sapta Mokṣapurī #1
Ayodhya Vaidyanatha as Divya Desam
Rāma Janmabhūmi — Divya Desam + new consecration 2024
Lord of Ayodhya
Hariharaputra — the celibate god of Sabarimala
Badrinath — Vishnu meditating in the Himalayas (Vada-Madurai)
Nāra-Nārāyaṇa — where Vishnu's twin-forms performed tapas
Badrīnātha — Char Dham + Divya Desam
Lord of Badrinath
Lord of Animals
Banke Bihārī — the dancing Krishna of Vrindavan
Bet Dwaraka — Krishna's residence beyond the Rann
Bhadrāchalam — Rama in the forest by the Godavari
Second Pandava
Kesi Ghat — Krishna-Yamunā pilgrimage
Caitanya — the Bhakti-movement founder-saint, incarnation of Krishna
Pārthasārathy — Vishnu as Arjuna's charioteer
Chitrakoot — where Rama, Sita and Lakshman lived 11 years
Citrakūṭa — sacred mount where Rama lived in exile
Raṇchoḍrāy — Krishna who ran from battle to love
Lord of Dharma
Divya Desams — The 108 Temples of Lord Vishnu
Kalyana-narayana — Vishnu's wedding-form at Dwaraka
Dwarkadhish — Krishna of Dwaraka
Dvārakā — the seventh Mokṣapuri
Dwarka — Lord Krishna's Divine Capital
Dvārakādhīśa — Krishna's kingdom-capital as Divya Desam
Eknāth — 16th c. Vārkarī saint, author of Eknāthī Bhāgavata
King of Birds — Vehicle of Vishnu
Govardhan Parikrama — 21-km sacred circumambulation
Govind Dev — Krishna as supreme deity of Amer-Jaipur
Saint of Mantralaya
Lord of Guruvayur
City of Hampi
Sugriva & Hanuman of Anegundi — original Kiṣkindhā
Yantrodhāraka — the Hanuman installed by Vyāsarāja
Jākhū — 108-ft Hanuman atop Shimla's highest hill
Mehandipur Hanuman — the "exorcism Hanuman"
Sālāsar Hanuman — the beardless Hanuman of Shekhawati
समर्पित वानर देवता — भक्ति के प्रतीक
Hanumān-garhi — Hanuman's fort at Ayodhya
Hayagrīva — one of the last Buddhist-Hindu co-worship shrines
Snana Yatra — bathing festival of Jagannatha
Guṇḍicā Mandir — the "aunt's" temple of Puri
Lord of the Universe — the wooden deity of Puri
Sant Jñāneśvara — author of the Jñāneśvarī at age 21
Kalki — tenth avatar of Vishnu, the Future Horse-Rider
Vishnu as the Handsome Lord of Alagar Koyil; Meenakshi's elder brother
God of Desire — Lord of Love
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
Varadarāja — one of Kanchi's 3 canonical Divya Desams
Kanyakā Parameshwari — virgin-goddess of the Komati community
Katyayani — the goddess Gopis worshipped to win Krishna
Kaḻicīrāma Viṇṇagaram — Kazhi-Shirama Vishnu
Bharata of the four Pandavas at Kūḍalmāṇikyam
Kula-devata Krishna — the family deity of many Gujaratis
Janmasthan — the exact birth-cell
The Dark Lord — Supreme Deity of Love
God of Wealth — Keeper of the Cosmic Treasury
Jyotisar — where Krishna gave the Gita to Arjuna
Goddess of Wealth, Fortune & Prosperity
Liṅgarāja — Harihara Shiva of Bhubaneswar
Kallaḻagar — the Stone-Handsome Lord of Alagar Hills
See main thiru-koodal-azhagar-madurai
The Eight Temples — unified royal-ritual geography of Nayak Madurai
Majuli — the Neo-Vaishnavite island monastic tradition
Additional Viṭṭhal satellite shrines in Marathwada
Maṇḍara — the mountain used in the Churning of the Ocean
Lord of Mathura
Mathurā — Sapta Mokṣapurī #2
Meera Bai — The Princess Poet-Saint of Mewar
Mīrā — the 16th c. Rajput Krishna-bhakti poetess
Devaraja-perumal of Naimisharanya — forest of recitation
Fourth Pandava
Namdev — Varkari Saint and Bhakti Poet of Maharashtra
Nāmdev — 13th c. tailor-saint
Nandagaon — Krishna's childhood home
Tirunelli — Kerala Char Dham of Vishnu
Tiru-nāraiyūr — Vanjulavalli Tāyār temple
Pānakāla-narasiṁha of Maṅgaḷagiri
Achankovil Narasimha — in the Malayala Malai
The Man-Lion Avatar of Vishnu
Panchavaṭi of Nashik — Rama's forest-exile home
Śrīnāthjī — 7-year-old Krishna of the Pushtimārga
Alwarthirunagari — birthplace of Nammāḻvār
Nava Tirupati — Thenthirupperai
Nava Tirupati — Thirukkolur
Nava Tirupati — Thirukkulandhai (Perungulam)
Nava Tirupati — Thirupperai (Srivaikuntam taluka)
Nava Tirupati — Varagunamangai
Man-Lion
Oppiliappan Koil Thiruvinnagar
Orchha — Rāma as king of Orchha, the only temple where Rama is worshipped as KING
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Paramapadam — the Supreme Abode, Vaikuntha
Paraśurāma — sixth avatar of Vishnu, the Axe-wielding Brahmin
Pārthasārathy — Krishna as Arjuna's charioteer
Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa & Sītā-Rām of the Prem Mandir
Rādhā — the supreme goddess of bhakti, at her birth-town
The Divine Consort — Symbol of Devotion
Raghunāthjī — Rama as king of Kullu
Lord Rama
Lord of Kullu Town
Rām-Darbār at Panchavaṭī
Rāma Janmabhoomi Mandir — consecrated 2024
Rām Tīrath — where Sita took refuge
The Ideal King — Avatar of Vishnu
Ramayana Pilgrimage — Sacred Sites of Lord Rama
Rameswaram — 11th of the 12 Jyotirlingas + Char Dham
Fifth Pandava
Kumbakonam Sārangapāṇi
Lord of the Lion
The Ideal Consort — Wife of Rama
Bhālka — where Krishna left his earthly body
Śrī Vaikuṇṭham (first of Nava Tirupati)
Śrīraṅgam Raṅganātha — first and foremost of 108 Divya Desams
Subhadrā Devī — sister of Jagannath and Balabhadra
Thiru-kadithanam — Vishnu of Chengannur region
Sowriraja of Thirukkannapuram — Krishna's long-haired form
Koodal Azhagar Koil
Ashtabujagaram of Kanchi — eight-armed Vishnu
Saraṇātha of Thirucherai (3rd variant)
Saranatha — Vishnu of Kaveri-wedding
Saranatha — Vishnu the shelter-giver
Thiruchittrakuta — twin of Chitrakuta
Parimala-ranganatha of Thiru-indalur
Yoga-Narasiṁha of Sholinghur
Bhaktavatsala of Thirukannamangai — the lover of devotees
Loganatha of Thirukkannangudi — Vishnu lord of the world
Neelamegha of Thirukannapuram-II
Gopalakrishna of Thirukavalampadi
Varadaraja (Devaraja) of Kanchi — great Vishnu of Tondai-mandalam
Jagatrakshaga of Thirukkoodalur — Vishnu who saves the world
Azhagiya Nambi of Thirukkurungudi — the handsome Lord
Sārangapāṇi adjunct shrine at Kumbakonam
Rājagopāla of Thirumandangudi
Satyamūrti — cave-Vishnu of Pudukkottai
Kālamegha of Thirumoghur — Vishnu as protector of Andal
Soundararajan of Thirunagai (Nagapattinam)
Vinnagaraperumal — Vishnu of the heavens
Nachiyar Koil — where the goddess takes precedence over the Lord
Thirunavaya — Vishnu at the confluence of Bharatappuzha
Tirupparkadal — Vishnu reclining on Ananta
Pavalavanna — coral-coloured Vishnu of Kanchi
Kaisina-vendan of Thirupulingudi
Kalyana Jagannatha of Thirupullani — Rama's chosen shrine
Govardhana-giridhari — Krishna lifting Govardhana
Sri Vallabha of Thiruvalla
Padmanābha of Thiruvananthapuram — Kerala's presiding Vishnu
Ambalappuḻa — Paradise porridge of Krishna
Adikeshava of Thiruvattaru — 22-ft reclining Vishnu
Devanātha of Thiruvayindirapuram
Pundarīkākṣa — white-rock Vishnu
Tiruvellaṟai — Pundarikaksha Perumal
Kola-Vāmana of Tiruvelliyaṅgudi
Thrikkakara — Vishnu as Vāmana, origin of Onam
Tiruvekkā / Tirukkōvalūr — cave-Vishnu of Villupuram
Tirukkaṇṇapuraṃ — Vishnu as Sauri Perumal
Tirukkaṇṇamaṅgai — Vishnu as Abhishekavalli's consort
Tiruppullām Pūtaṅkuḍi — Vishnu with his 4 Pancha Vyuha forms
Sārangapāṇi — Vishnu of the mythical Kumbha city
Tirukkuṟuṅguḍi Nambiyār — dwarf-form Vishnu of Tirunelveli
Tirukkuṟuṅguḍi — Nambiyār Vishnu of the dwarf-body
Tirukōṭṭiyūr — site of Ramanuja's secret-mantra revelation
Pāñcarātra — the specific ritual tradition of Vishnu temples
Balaji — Lord of the Seven Hills
Tirumāl Iruñcōlai — Kallazhagar (Madurai hills)
Tirumaḻicaiyāḻvāṉ — where 6th-c. Alvar was born
Tirumōgūr — where Mohini bestowed amṛta
Tirumukkūṭal — three-river confluence Vishnu
Ksīrābdhinātha — Vishnu reclining on the Milk-Ocean
Tiruvaṉantapuram Padmanābha — wealth-vault Vishnu
Tiruvellaṟai — ancient white-rock Vishnu
Sant Tukārām — the farmer-saint of Maharashtra
Tukaram — The Saint Who Brought Bhakti to Maharashtra
Sant Tulsīdās — 16th c. author of Rāmcaritamānas
Lord of Udupi
Undavalli — rock-cut 7th c. Vishnu
Uṟaiyūr — old Chola capital, Nachiyar's birthplace
Tirupperai — one of Nava Tirupati
Vāmana — fifth avatar of Vishnu, the Dwarf-Brahmin
Vāṉamāmalai / Nāṉkuṇerī — Vishnu as Deivanayagan
Boar Avatar
Veṅkaṭeśvara pilgrimages at satellite temples across India
Mountain Vishnu
Vishnu of Sri Lanka
The Preserver — Supreme God of Hinduism
Viṭhala — Hampi musical-pillars temple
Vithoba of Pandharpur — the Warkari god
Lord of Vrindavan
Yadādri (see main entry yadagirigutta-narasimha)
The Sacred River Goddess
Tirucciṟai Viṇṇagaram — Vishnu of Arthagirinathar
The Lord of Dwarka — Western Char Dham
Kumbakonam — The City of Ancient Temples and Carnatic Trinity
The Reclining Vishnu of Srirangam — Foremost of the 108 Divya Desams
Tirumala — Saint Annamacharya's Sacred Compositions
Tirumala Tirupati — The Richest Hindu Temple
The Lord of Seven Hills — Kaliyuga Vaikuntha
Tiruvaiyaru — Saint Purandara Dasa's Sacred City
Tiruvaiyaru — Saint Tyagaraja's Final Resting Place