About trip

About Divya Desam:

• The Grace of Lord Vishnu is spread throughout the country, from the Himalayas to Kanyakumari. There are several temples dedicated to God Vishnu, which are also called Sthalams.
• Divya desam Temples are the 108 Vishnu temples that are mentioned in the works of the Tamil Azhvars (saints). ”Divya” means “premium” and “Desam” indicates “place” (temple). Of the 108 temples, 105 are in India, one is in Nepal, and last two are outside the Earthly realms.The last two are Thirupalkaddal and Paramapadam. Tirupalkaddal is the ocean of milk and Paramapadam is the Srivaikuntam where lord Narayana presides. The Divyadesams are revered by the 12 Azhvars in the Divya Prabandha, a collection of 4,000 Tamil verses. While most Divyadesams follow Thenkalai mode of worship, some follow Vadakalai too among others.
• The Divyadesams can be divided into 7 categories:

1. Thondai Naadu temples
2. Chozha Naadu temples
3. Nadu Naadu Temples
4. Pandiya Naadu Temples
5. Malayala Naadu temples
6. Vadu Naadu Temples
7. Vinnulaga Thiruppathigal

• The idols of Lord Vishnu in these Divyadesams can be found in 3 positions:

1. Kidantha Thirukkolam        ( Sleeping Position )    – 27 Divya desams
2. Veetrirundha Thirukkolam  ( Sitting Position )        – 21 Divya desams
3. Nindra Thirukkolam           ( Standing Position )     – 60 Divya desams

• In these 108 Divyadesams, the Lord Vishnu can be seen facing one of the four directions: east, north, south and west. On this basis, the Divyadesams can be classified as:

1. Towards East direction – 79 Divya desams
2. Towards West direction – 19 Divya desams
3. Towards North direction – 3 Divya desams
4. Towards South direction – 7 Divya desams

Introduction to Malayala Naattu Thiruppathigal:

• All the Malayala naatu sthalams explains about the Aathma Paramathma relationships with the perumal and bhaktaas, the relation with Mahabharat and Ramayan and the perumal who are found in this Malayala Nadu are said to be the Avathaars of Sri Rama, Sri Krishna and Sri Parasurama.
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• There are 13 Kerala Divya desams found. Among which, the Emperumaan is found in Nindra thirukkolam in 10 divyadesams, in Kidantha kolam in 2 divyadesams and in Irundha kolam in one divya desam.
• The perumal is facing his thirumugham along East direction in 8 divyadesam along west direction is 3 divyadesams and in 2 divyadesams, he is facing his thirumugham towards south direction.
• In two divyadesams, (Thiruvananthapuram and Thiruvaattaaru), where the perumal is giving his seva in 3 different vaasals (entrance) explains about the birth, the leading of life and the final state, the death of human.
• The Panja Pandavas, Dharmar (Thirucchenkundroor), Arjunar (Thiruvaaran Vilai), Nakulan (Thiruvanvandoor), Bhiman (Thirupuliyoor) and Sahadevan (Thirukkadithaanam) have worked for these 5 divyadesams and done lots of help in making these divyadesams to grow.
• In Thiruvanparisaaram, the thaayar is named as "Kamalavalli Naachiyaar", in Thirucchenkundroor, the thaayar is Sengalamala valli Naachiyaar, in Thiruvithuvakodu, the thaayar is Padmapani Naachiyaar in Thiruvaaranvilai she is named as Padmasani Naachiyaar, in Thirupuliyoor, the thaayar is porkodi Naachiyaar and in Thirunaavay the thaayar is Malar Mangai Naachiyaar and in all these 6 divyadesam, the thaayar has the name of flower as her name.

Itinerary

Day 1 - Malayala Naattu Thiruppathigal

Pick up from Theni. Proceed towards Kerala. Then proceed to visit Sri Uyyavantha Perumal Temple(Tiruvithuvakodu) Sri Naavaay Mugundha Perumal Temple ( Thiru Naavaay) After Lunch then proceed to visit Sri Moozhikkalathaan Perumal Temple (Thirumoozhikkalam) Sri Kaatkarai Appa Perumal Temple (Thirukatkarai) After Dinner Overnight stay.

Day 2 - Malayala Naattu Thiruppathigal

After Breakfast then proceed to visit Sri Kuralappa Perumal Temple (Thiruvaaran Vilai) Sri Maayapiran Perumal Temple (Thirupuliyoor) Sri Imayavarappa Perumal Temple (Thirucchenkundroor) Sri Paambanaiyappa Perumal Temple (Thiruvanvandoor) Sri Athpudha Narayana Perumal Temple (Thirukkadithaanam) Sri Kolapira Perumal Temple (Thiruvalvaazh) After lunch then proceed towards Thiruvananthapuram. Sri Anantha Padmanabha Swamy Temple (Thiruvananthapuram) After Dinner Overnight stay at Thiruvananthapuram.

Day 3 - Malayala Naattu Thiruppathigal

After Breakfast then proceed to visit Sri Aadhikesava Perumal Temple (Thiru Vattaaru) Sri Kuralappa Perumal Temple (Thiruvanparisaram) Then Starting Our Journey Towards Theni.