Other important temples of Lord Vishnu



Apart from Divya Desams, there are famous Vishnu Temples known as Abhimana Desams and Purana Desams.
Abhimana Desams (29)


    Within TamilNadu

  1. Karunakaran - Madhuranthakam (Near Madras)Click for website
  2. Chakravarthi Thirumagan - Vaduvur (Near Tanjavur)Click for website
  3. Adhikesava Perumal - Sri Perumputhur (Madras)
  4. Jagannathan - Thirumazhisai (Madras)
  5. Lakshmi Narasimhar - Singapperumal Kovil (Near Madras)
  6. Sri Prasana Venkatachalapathy Perumal Temple - Gunaseelam (Near Thiruchy)Click for website
  7. Narasimhar - Namakkal (Near Thiruchy)
  8. Prasanna Venkatesar - Thaanthontri Maalai (Near Thiruchy)
  9. Sundararaja Perumal - Perumpuliyur (Kumbakonam)
  10. Sri Renganathar - Thirumandangudi (Kumbakonam)
  11. Kolavamanar - Sikkal (Near Nagappattinam)
  12. Renganathar - Adhirangam (Near Vedaranyam)
  13. Srinivasan - Kodikkarai (Near Vedaranyam)
  14. Veeranarayana Perumal - Kattu Mannargudi (Chidambaram)
  15. Thillai Vilaaham (Near Pattukkottai)
  16. Kallvan - Kanchipuram (Pacchai Vannan)
  17. Kamakoashtam (Kancheepuram)
  18. Pandurangan (Thennangur) - Navabhasaanam (Ramanathapuram)

    Outside TamilNadu

  19. Mantraalayam (Andra)
  20. Paanaga Narasimhar - MangalaGiri (Andra - Bejawada)
  21. Vishnupprayagai (Badrinath - Haridwar)
  22. PaanduKeshvar (Badrinath - Haridwar)
  23. Madtru Gaya (Near Ahmadabad)
  24. Renganathar - Srirangap pattinam (Karnataka - Mysore)
  25. Nambi Nayanar - Thondanoor (Karnataka : Mysore - Melkot)
  26. SivaSamudtram (Karnataka - Mysore)
  27. Kunjaala Narasimhar - T. Narasimhapuram (Karnataka - Mysore)
  28. Balakrishnan - Udupi (Karnataka - Mangalore)Click for website
  29. Guruvayoorappan - Guruvaayoor (Kerala - Thrissur)Click for website


Purana Desams (20)


  1. Narayanan - Thiru Narayanapuram (Melkote)Click for website
  2. Vasudevar - Raja Mannargudi (Near Tanjavur)Click for website
  3. Poovarahan - Sri Mushnam (Near Chidambaram)Click for website
  4. Sri Rama - Bhadrachalam (Near Hydrabad)Click for website
  5. Varaha Narasimhar - Simhaachalam (Near Vishakapatnam )
  6. Sri Koormanathan - Sri Koormam (Near Calcutta)
  7. Jagannathan - PuriClick for website
  8. Gadhadharar - Gaya
  9. Kesavan - Kaasi (Varanasi)
  10. Vishnu - Prayag (Near Alahabad)
  11. Paramapurushan - Joshi Math (Badrikashramam)
  12. Bharadhan - Maya (Haridwar)
  13. Kurukshetram (Near Ambala)
  14. Paramapurushan - Pushkar (Near Ajmer)
  15. Sri Krishna - Ujjain (MP)
  16. Pandurangan - Pandhareepuram (Kurduwadi - Maharashtra)
  17. Janaardhana Perumal - Varkkala (Near Thiruvananthapuram)
  18. Sedhumadhavan - Sethu (Rameswaram)
  19. Rama - Dhanuskoti (lost in occen! - Rameswaram)
  20. Renganathar (Sivasamudhiram)

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