Abhimana Sthalam
Abhimana Sthalam, collectively called as the Abhimana desams or close abodes, are the most significant temples in Vaishnavite tradition next only to Divya Desams, the 108 holy abodes. All these temples are present in India. There are 29 Abhimana Desams. These are listed as below: Within Tamil Nadu
- Karunakaran - Madhuranthakam (Near Madras)
- Chakravarthi Thirumagan - Vaduvur (Near Tanjavur)
- Adhikesava Perumal - Sri Perumputhur (Madras)
- Jagannathan - Thirumazhisai (Madras)
- Lakshmi Narasimhar - Singapperumal Kovil (Near Madras)
- Sri Prasana Venkatachalapathy Perumal Temple - Gunaseelam (Near Trichy)
- Narasimhar - Namakkal (Near Trichy)
- Prasanna Venkatesar - Thaanthontri Maalai (Near Trichy)
- Sundararaja Perumal - Perumpuliyur (Kumbakonam)
- Sri Renganathar - Thirumandangudi (Kumbakonam)
- Kolavamanar - Sikkal (Near Nagappattinam)
- Renganathar - Adhirangam (Near Vedaranyam)
- Srinivasan - Kodikkarai (Near Vedaranyam)
- Veeranarayana Perumal - Kattu Mannargudi (Chidambaram)
- Thillai Vilaaham (Near Pattukkottai)
- Kallvan - Kanchipuram (Pacchai Vannan)
- Kamakoashtam (Kancheepuram)
- Pandurangan (Thennangur) - Navabhasaanam (Ramanathapuram)
Outside Tamil Nadu
- Mantraalayam (Andra)
- Paanaga Narasimhar - MangalaGiri (Anddra - Vijayawada)
- Vishnupprayagai (Badrinath - Haridwar)
- PaanduKeshvar (Badrinath - Haridwar)
- Madtru Gaya (Near Ahmadabad)
- Renganathar - Srirangap pattinam (Karnataka - Mysore)
- Nambi Nayanar - Thondanoor (Karnataka : Mysore - Melkot)
- SivaSamudtram (Karnataka - Mysore)
- Kunjaala Narasimhar - T. Narasimhapuram (Karnataka - Mysore)
- Balakrishnan - Udupi (Karnataka - Mangalore)
- Guruvayoorappan - Guruvaayoor (Kerala - Thrissur)