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Divya Desam

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106 of 106 sites

Ranganathaswamy Temple

Srirangam, Tiruchirappalli · India

built up 10th–17th c.; Rajagopuram 1987

Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram

Chidambaram · India

core 10th c.; expanded to 13th c.

Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple

Thiruvananthapuram · India

rebuilt 1730s; shrine far older

Sri Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala

Tirumala, Tirupati · India

attested from early centuries CE; enlarged under Pallava, Chola & Vijayanagara patronage

Badrinath Temple

Badrinath (3,133 m) · India

re-established 8th–9th c.; facade rebuilt by Garhwal kings

Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir

Ayodhya · India

consecrated 22 Jan 2024

Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi

Mathura · India

modern complex over ancient site

Dwarkadhish Temple

Dwarka · India

present structure 15th–16th c.; site ancient

Muktinath Temple

Muktinath (3,800 m) · Nepal

present pagoda early 19th c.; ancient site

Azhagiya Manavala Perumal Temple

Uraiyur, Tiruchirappalli · India

late 8th c. (Chola)

Uthamarkoil, Tiruchirappalli · India

late 8th c. (Chola)

Pundarikakshan Perumal Temple

Thiruvellarai · India

8th c. (Pallava)

Sundararaja Perumal Temple, Anbil

late 8th c. (Chola)

Appakkudathaan Perumal Temple

Koviladi · India

9th-10th c. (Chola)

Hara Saabha Vimocchana Perumal Temple

Thirukandiyur · India

late 8th c. (Chola)

Jagad Rakshaka Perumal Temple

Thirukoodalur (Aduthurai) · India

late 8th c. (Chola)

Gajendra Varadha Perumal Temple

Kabisthalam · India

late 9th c. (Chola)

Thirupullabhoothangudi Temple (Valvil Ramar)

Pullabhoothangudi · India

medieval (Chola)

Sarangapani Temple

Kumbakonam · India

10th-17th c. (Chola-Nayak)

Oppiliappan Temple

Thiruvinnagar, Tirunageswaram · India

late 8th c. (Chola)

Nachiyar Kovil (Thirunarayur Nambi Temple)

Nachiyar Kovil, Thirunaraiyur · India

3rd c. origin; rebuilt Chola-Vijayanagara

Saranatha Perumal Temple

Tirucherai · India

10th c. (Chola); Nayak additions to 1738

Bhaktavatsala Perumal Temple

Thirukannamangai · India

late 9th c. (Chola)

Neelamegha Perumal Temple

Thirukannapuram · India

Chola era; Nayak additions

Loganatha Perumal Temple

Tirukannankudi · India

late 9th c. (Chola)

Soundararajaperumal Temple, Nagapattinam

Nagapattinam · India

late 8th c. (Chola)

Thanjai Mamani Koil

Thanjavur · India

NarasimhaVishnu

medieval (Chola-Nayak)

Nathan Kovil (Thirunandhipura Vinnagaram)

Nathan Kovil, Kumbakonam · India

8th c. origins; Chola & Nayak additions

Kola Valvill Ramar Temple

Thiruvelliyangudi · India

dating unrecorded

Devaadi Raja Perumal Temple

Therazhundur · India

1st c. origin (Karikala Chola); rebuilt 11th c.

Sthalasayana Perumal Temple, Tirusirupuliyur

Thirusirupuliyur · India

dating unrecorded

Nanmadiya Perumal Temple

Thalachangadu · India

dating unrecorded

Parimala Ranganatha Perumal Temple

Thiruindalur, Mayiladuthurai · India

medieval (Chola-Nayak)

Thirukkavalampadi

Thirunangur · India

dating unrecorded

Kazheesirama Vinnagaram

Sirkazhi · India

Chola era; Vijayanagara & Nayak additions

Thiruarimeya Vinnagaram

Thirunangur · India

dating unrecorded

Thiruvanpurushothamam

Thirunangur · India

dating unrecorded

Perarulaalan Perumal Temple (Thirusemponsei Koil)

Thirunangur · India

dating unrecorded

Thirunangur · India

by 10th c. (Chola inscriptions)

Thiruvaikunda Vinnagaram

Thirunangur · India

dating unrecorded

Thiruvali-Thirunagari Temples

Thiruvali · India

NarasimhaVishnu

Chola era; 16th c. Nayak additions

Thiruthevanartthogai

Thirunangur · India

dating unrecorded

Thiruthetriyambalam

Thirunangur · India

dating unrecorded

Thirumanikkoodam

Thirunangur · India

dating unrecorded

Annan Perumal Koil (Thiruvellakulam)

Annan Koil, Thirunangur · India

dating unrecorded

Thiruppaarththanpalli

Parthanpalli, Thirunangur · India

dating unrecorded

Devanathaswamy Temple

Thiruvanthipuram, Cuddalore · India

11th c. (Chola); expanded to 16th c.

Ulagalantha Perumal Temple, Tirukoyilur

Thirukoyilur · India

11th c. (Chola); Vijayanagara & Nayak additions

Varadharaja Perumal Temple, Kanchipuram

Kanchipuram · India

11th-16th c. (Chola, Vijayanagara)

Kanchipuram · India

late 8th c. (Pallava)

Deepaprakasa Perumal Temple (Thiruthanka)

Kanchipuram · India

by 13th c. (Chola inscriptions)

Tiruvelukkai (Azhagiya Singar Temple)

Kanchipuram · India

late 8th c. (Pallava)

Thiruneeragam (Jagadeesha Perumal Shrine)

Kanchipuram · India

by 9th c. (Pallava)

Pandava Thoothar Perumal Temple

Kanchipuram · India

8th c. (Pallava)

Nilathingal Thundam Perumal Temple

Kanchipuram · India

Pallava origin (c. 600); rebuilt Chola-Vijayanagara

Ulagalantha Perumal Temple (Thiruooragam)

Kanchipuram · India

Pallava, by 846 CE

Yathothkari Perumal Temple (Thiruvekka)

Kanchipuram · India

8th c. (Pallava)

Thirukkaragam (Karunakara Perumal shrine)

Kanchipuram · India

within the Pallava-era Ulagalantha Perumal complex

Thirukkarvaanam (Kalvar Perumal shrine)

Kanchipuram · India

within the Pallava-era Ulagalantha Perumal complex

Thirukkalvanur (Adi Varaha Perumal shrine)

Kanchipuram · India

attested among the Divya Desams; construction unrecorded

Pavalavannam Perumal Temple

Kanchipuram · India

11th c. (Chola)

Vaikunta Perumal Temple (Thiru Parameswara Vinnagaram)

Kanchipuram · India

8th c. (Pallava, Nandivarman II)

Vijayaraghava Perumal Temple

Thiruputkuzhi · India

13th c. (Pandya)

Veeraraghava Swamy Temple

Thiruvallur · India

14th c. structures (Vijayanagara); Pallava origin

Parthasarathy Temple

Chennai (Triplicane) · India

6th c. (Pallava); expanded 15th c.

Thiruneermalai Temple Complex (Neervanna Perumal)

Thiruneermalai · India

Chola-Pandya era (inscriptions)

Nithyakalyana Perumal Temple

Thiruvidanthai · India

7th c. (Pallava); Chola additions 11th c.

Sthalasayana Perumal Temple (Thirukadalmallai)

Mahabalipuram · India

rebuilt 14th c. (Vijayanagara); Pallava origin

Yoga Narasimha Temple (Thirukkadigai)

Sholinghur · India

NarasimhaVishnu

by 12th-13th c. (Chola inscriptions)

Thirunavaya Navamukunda Temple

Tirunavaya · India

ancient; Mamankam venue from at least the 8th c.

Thrikkakara Vamanamoorthy Temple

Thrikkakara · India

ancient; Onam inscription of 861 CE

Thirumoozhikkulam Lakshmana Perumal Temple

Moozhikkulam · India

attested in Alvar hymns (7th-9th c.)

Sreevallabha Temple

Thiruvalla · India

traditionally 57 BCE; later rebuilt

Thrikodithanam Mahavishnu Temple

Thrikkodithanam, Changanassery · India

attested in Alvar hymns (7th-9th c.)

Thrichittatt Mahavishnu Temple

Chengannur · India

Second Chera period (800-1102)

Thripuliyoor Mahavishnu Temple (Thiruppuliyur)

Puliyoor, Chengannur · India

Second Chera period (800-1102)

Aranmula Parthasarathy Temple

Aranmula · India

attested in Alvar hymns (7th-9th c.)

Thiruvanvandoor Mahavishnu Temple

Thiruvanvandoor · India

Second Chera period (800-1102)

Thiruvazhmarban Temple (Thiruvanparisaram)

Thiruppathisaram · India

by 1139 (trad. Kulasekara Alvar)

Vaishnava Nambi Temple (Thirukkurungudi)

Thirukkurungudi · India

by 10th c. (Chola inscriptions)

Vanamamalai Perumal Temple

Nanguneri · India

by 1236 (Pandya)

Srivaikuntanathan Perumal Temple

Srivaikuntam · India

by 12th c. (Pandya grants)

Srinivasa (Mayakoothar) Perumal Temple

Perungulam · India

attested in Alvar hymns (7th-9th c.)

Vaithamanidhi Perumal Temple

Thirukolur · India

refurbished 1689-1704 (Rani Mangammal); ancient origin

Makara Nedunkuzhaikathar Temple

Thenthiruperai · India

attested in Alvar hymns (7th-9th c.)

Alwarthirunagari Perumal Temple (Adinathar)

Alwarthirunagari · India

attested in Alvar hymns (7th-9th c.)

Srivilliputhur Andal Temple

Srivilliputhur · India

8th c. core; Andal shrine and gopuram 14th-15th c.

Ninra Narayana Perumal Temple

Thiruthankal · India

8th c. (Pandya, Devendra Vallabha)

Kallalagar Temple (Thirumaliruncholai)

Alagar Koyil · India

attested from Sangam literature (3rd c. CE)

Thirumohoor Kalamegaperumal Temple

Thirumohur · India

13th c. (Pandya); rebuilt Nayak era

Sowmyanarayana Perumal Temple

Thirukoshtiyur · India

attested in Alvar hymns (7th-9th c.)

Thirumittakode Anchumoorthi Temple (Thiruvithuvakkodu)

Thirumittacode · India

by 11th c. (Rajendra Chola record)

Adikesava Perumal Temple

Thiruvattar · India

Alvar-era shrine; Vijayanagara additions 16th c.

Thiruvaragunamangai Perumal Temple

Natham · India

attested in Alvar hymns (7th-9th c.)

Thirupuliyangudi Perumal Temple

Thirupulingudi · India

attested in Alvar hymns (7th-9th c.)

Koodal Azhagar Temple

Madurai · India

Pandya origin; expanded 16th c. (Vijayanagara-Nayak)

Adi Jagannatha Perumal Temple

Thirupullani, Ramanathapuram · India

late 8th c.; Chola-Nayak additions

Sathyamurthi Perumal Temple

Thirumayam, Pudukkottai · India

9th c. (Pallava)

Shri Naimishnath Vishnu Temple

Naimisharanya (Misrikh-Neemsar), Sitapur · India

dating unrecorded

Narsingh Temple, Joshimath

Joshimath (Jyotirmath), Chamoli · India

NarasimhaVishnu

trad. founded by Adi Shankara (8th c.)

Raghunath Temple, Devprayag

Devprayag, Tehri Garhwal · India

8th-10th c.; Garhwal expansions

Navamohana Krishna Temple

Gokul, Mathura · India

modern rebuild (earlier shrine lost)

Ahobilam Narasimha Temples

Ahobilam, Nandyal · India

15th-16th c. (Vijayanagara)

Bhaktavatsala Perumal Temple

Thirunindravur · India

9th c. (Pallava)

Thiru Aadanoor Temple (Andalakkum Aiyan Perumal)

Aadanoor, Thanjavur · India

dating unrecorded

Irattai Thiruppathy (Thirutholaivillimangalam)

Thirutholaivillimangalam, Thoothukudi · India

inscriptions 1190–1345 (Pandya; Madurai Nayak expansion)