Distributed.

108 divyadeshams

Divya Desams

Tamil Nadu

84

Kerala

11

Uttar Pradesh

4

Uttarakhand

3

Andhra Pradesh

2

Gujarat

1

Nepal

1

Celestial Divya Desams

2

Total

108

Further

The 84 in Tamil Nadu can be further divided according to the traditional Sri Vaishnava geographical classification:

Chola Nadu — 40

Thondai Nadu — 22

Pandya Nadu — 18

Nadu Nadu — 2

Malai Nadu — 2 within present-day Tamil Nadu

That makes 84.

Then the 11 Kerala Divya Desams constitute the remainder of traditional Malai Nadu, making 13 Malai Nadu Divya Desams altogether. 

And Vada Nadu — 11 comprises the northern Divya Desams: Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh, with Muktinath in Nepal traditionally included as well. 

Traditional classification:

Chola 40 → Thondai 22 → Pandya 18 → Malai 13 → Nadu 2 → Vada 11 → Vinnulagam 2.

Modern state-wise classification:

Tamil Nadu 84 → Kerala 11 → Uttar Pradesh 4 → Uttarakhand 3 → Andhra Pradesh 2 → Gujarat 1 → Nepal 1 → Vinnulagam 2.

Five type of sayana.

The five Śayana Tirukkolams—the five ways in which Perumal is seen reclining in the Divya Desams.

Śayana Tirukkolam

Meaning

Divya Desam / place

Deity

Ananta Śayanam

Reclining on Ādiśeṣa, the endless serpent

Tiruvananthapuram

Ananta Padmanabha

Bhujanga Śayanam

Serpentine reclining posture

Śrīraṅgam

Raṅganātha

Tala Śayanam

Reclining directly on the ground

Tirukadalmallai (Mahabalipuram)

Sthalasayana Perumal

Darbha Śayanam

Reclining on darbha grass

Tiruppullāṇi

Darbhaśayana Rāma

Vīra Śayanam

Majestic/heroic reclining posture

Tiruveḷḷūr (Tiruvallur)

Vīrarāghava Perumal

1. Ananta Śayanam — Tiruvananthapuram

Here the Lord reclines upon Ananta, the endless serpent, with His majestic form extending across the sanctum. This is the famous Ananta Padmanabha.

The very name tells us the idea: Ananta means endless, infinite. The Lord rests upon infinity itself.

2. Bhujanga Śayanam — Śrīraṅgam

At Śrīraṅgam, Lord Raṅganātha reclines upon Ādiśeṣa, facing south. This is perhaps the most celebrated reclining form of Vishnu.

Ādiśeṣa is not merely a serpent-bed. He is the Lord's eternal servant, providing the Lord with a bed, umbrella and throne.

3. Tala Śayanam — Tirukadalmallai

At Tirukadalmallai, the Lord is Sthalasayana Perumal.

Tala/Sthala conveys the idea of the ground or place. Here Perumal reclines directly upon the earth rather than upon the serpent.

The legend beautifully connects the form with Bhūmi Devi and the sage Pundarika.

4. Darbha Śayanam — Tiruppullāṇi

This is particularly associated with Sri Rama.

At Tiruppullāṇi, Rama is believed to have reclined upon darbha grass while praying to the ocean before his journey to Lanka.

Hence the Lord is Darbhaśayana Rāman.

It is a wonderful reminder that the Supreme Lord, though capable of commanding the universe, can also lie upon a simple bed of grass for the sake of His mission.

5. Vīra Śayanam — Tiruvallur

At Tiruvallur, Lord Vīrarāghava Perumal is seen reclining in a majestic posture.

Vīra means heroic, valiant. The posture therefore conveys not sleep or weakness, but the repose of the victorious Lord who is ever ready to protect His devotees.

The beautiful thought behind the five

The reclining Lord is never really asleep.

He appears to rest, but His protection never rests.

Whether He reclines on Ananta, the ground, the serpent, darbha grass or in heroic repose, the message remains the same:

The Lord may rest, but His grace is always awake.

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Around made of school series 22

 Atoms — What Everything Around Us Is Made Of

We learnt that everything is made of atoms. It was easy to remember and difficult to imagine.

Look around us: a table, a tree, a glass of water, the air we breathe, our own bodies. All are made from atoms.

An atom is incredibly small. At its centre is a nucleus, containing protons and neutrons. Around the nucleus are electrons.

The number of protons determines which element the atom is.

For example:

1 proton → Hydrogen

6 protons → Carbon

8 protons → Oxygen

13 protons → Aluminium

28 protons → Nickel

The Periodic Table we began this School Series with is essentially a wonderfully organised map of these different kinds of atoms.

Atoms can join together to form molecules and compounds. Two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom, for instance, make a molecule of water — H₂O.

And here is the astonishing part: although atoms are unimaginably small, they are the building blocks of everything we can see, touch and even breathe.

The chair we sit on, the food we eat, the stars we see in the sky and we ourselves are all arrangements of atoms.

We began this series with the Periodic Table and travelled through electricity, water, light, the human body, DNA, evolution, the Solar System, friction and pressure.

Now we come back to the smallest level.

The world around us looks solid and continuous. But beneath it is an astonishing universe of tiny particles, constantly interacting and rearranging themselves.

And perhaps that is the perfect place to pause our first journey through The School Series:

Everything begins with atoms.

Invisible push school series 21

 Pressure — The Invisible Push

We learnt in school that pressure is force acting over an area. It sounded like another formula to remember:

Pressure = Force ÷ Area

But pressure is everywhere around us.

Why does a sharp knife cut more easily than a blunt one? The sharp edge concentrates the same force over a much smaller area, producing greater pressure.

Why can a needle pierce cloth so easily? Its tiny tip concentrates force into an extremely small area.

The opposite principle is equally useful. Snowshoes have a broad surface so that a person's weight is spread over a larger area, reducing pressure on the snow and preventing the person from sinking deeply.

We also live under pressure every moment.

The atmosphere around us exerts air pressure, even though we don't normally feel it. Our bodies have adapted to this constant pressure.

And pressure is not restricted to solids. Water pressure increases as we go deeper, which is why divers experience greater pressure beneath the surface.

So pressure is not simply about how hard we push.

The same force can have very different effects depending on the area over which it acts.

That simple school formula explains everything from a sharp knife to a snowshoe, from a needle to deep-sea diving.

Sometimes it isn't the strength of the push that matters—it is how concentrated the push is.

Force school series 20

 Friction — The Force We Usually Try to Avoid

We learnt in school that friction is a force that opposes motion. It sounded like something inconvenient—something that makes machines wear out and objects harder to move.

But without friction, life as we know it would be impossible.

Try taking a step on a perfectly frictionless surface. Your foot would simply slide backwards. It is friction between your shoes and the ground that allows you to push against the Earth and move forward.

Friction lets us:

Walk and run

Hold objects

Write with a pencil

Stop a bicycle or car with brakes

Light a match

Grip a steering wheel

At the same time, friction can be troublesome. It produces heat, wears down moving parts and wastes some energy in machines. Engineers therefore try to reduce it with lubricants, bearings and smooth surfaces.

So friction is neither simply good nor bad.

We need enough friction when we want grip and as little as possible when we want things to move smoothly.

That little force we were taught to avoid in physics class is actually one of the reasons we can stand, walk, write and live normally.

Sometimes the force that resists us is precisely the force that allows us to move forward.