Part I- 5 Famous Temples Of Lord Vishnu In South India

Lord Vishnu is one of the principal deities of Hindu trinity and the preserver. God Vishnu is also known as Narayana, Jagannath, Venkateswara,Ranganatha,Padmanabhaswamy, Vasudeva, Vithoba, and Hari. There are various avatars of Lord Vishnu, Dashavatara of Vishnu are Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Narasimha, Vamana, Parashurama, Rama, Krishna, Buddha and Kalki.

* Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala

Venkateswara Temple at Tirumala Tirupati of Andhra Pradesh is dedicated to Lord Sri Venkateswara. The temple is richest temple in the world and most famous incarnation of Lord Vishnu in South India.

* Ranganathaswamy Temple, Tamil Nadu

Ranganathaswamy Temple at Srirangam is dedicated to Lord Ranganatha, reclining form of Lord Vishnu. This is the most illustrious Vaishnava temples in South India and among the 108 Divya Desams dedicated to Vishnu.

* Ranganathaswamy Temple, Karnataka

Ranganathaswamy Temple at Srirangapatna of Karnataka state is dedicated to manifestation of Lord Vishnu. Srirangapatna temple is one of the 5 important sites of god Ranganatha along the river Kaveri.

* Padmanabhaswamy Temple, Thiruvananthapuram

Padmanabhaswamy Temple of Kerala is dedicated to Lord Vishnu, build in Kerala style and the Dravidian style. The temple along with Ananthapuram Temple in Kasargod and Adikesava Perumal temple located in Kanyakumari are most famous Lord Vishnu temple in South India.

* Kallazhagar Temple, Madurai

Kallazhagar temple at Alagar Koyil village in Madurai district is one of the most famous Divya Desams, Constructed in the Dravidian style of architecture. Other famous Divya Desams of Lord Vishnu are Varadharaja Perumal Temple and Srivilliputhur Andal temple.