A Divya Desam or Vaishnava Divya Desam is one of the 108 Vishnu and Lakshmi temples that is mentioned in the works of the Alvars, the poet-saints of the Sri Vaishnava tradition.
The Ranganathaswamy Temple, located in Srirangam, is the first of the Divya Desams.
Vishnu and Lakshmi, the revered divine couple venerated in most Divya Desams
Image: Srirangam 14
Image: Nachiyar 4
Naalayira Divya Prabandham
The Naalayira Divya Prabandham is a collection of 4,000 Tamil verses composed by the 12 Alvars. It was compiled in its present form by Nathamuni during the 9th–10th centuries. The work, an important liturgical compilation of the Tamil Alvars who lived between 5th and 8th Century CE, marks the beginning of the canonisation of 12 Vaishnava poet saints, and these hymns are still sung extensively today. The works were lost before they were collected and organised in the form of an anthology by Nathamuni.
Nammalvar, considered the most prominent of the twelve Alvars whose works are compiled as Prabandam