108 Divya Desam Temples – Location

108 Divya Desam
Among the various temples dedicated to Lord Vishnu, there are 108 temples which are designated to be DIVYA DESAMS. These are actually the places worshipped and sung by Alwars, the saintly poets who immersed themselves in the divine ocean of Lord Vishnu. Divyadesams are also called as Bhooloka Vaikuntas, from among 108 Shree Vaishnava Divyadeshas, only 106 are existent on our Mother Earth.
Emperumaan, Sriman Narayanan is found in various Thirukkolam. The Thirukkolam in 108 Divyadesams are given below:
01.	Kidantha Thirukkolam	Sleeping Position	27 Divyadesams
02.	Veetrirundha Thirukkolam	Sitting Position	21 Divyadesams
03.	Nindra Thirukkolam	Standing Position	60 Divyadesams

In these 108 Divyadesams, as we have seen that the Perumal is found on various Thirukkolam, he is also facing his Thirumugham on various directions and giving his seva, which are as follows:
01.	Towards East direction	79
02.	Towards West direction	19
03.	Towards North direction	3
04.	Towards South direction	7

These 108 Divyadesams are found throughout our Indian country and they are divided into 7 categories. There are as follows.
01.	Thondai Naattu Tirupathigal	22 Divyadesams
02.	Chozha Naattu Tirupathigal	40 Divyadesams
03.	Nadu Naattu Tirupathigal	2 Divyadesams
04.	Pandiya Naattu Tirupathigal	18 Divyadesams
05.	Malayala Naattu Tirupathigal	13 Divyadesams
06.	Vada Naattu Tirupathigal	11 Divyadesams
07.	Vinnulagam (not in Earth)	2 Divyadesams

There are eight SwayamVyaktha kshetrams in India. These are holy places where the Lord revealed himself to give darshan to the People. These are:
01.	Badri kashramam
02.	Salagramam
03.	Naimisarayanam
04.	Pushkkaran
05.	Thirumalai
06.	Srirangam
07.	Srimushnam
08.	Thothathri (Vanamamalai)