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Sadagopan • November 29, 2002 


Dear Sri Bhattathity: 

At 09:32 PM 11/23/02 +0530, you wrote:

>Dear Souls
>Is anywhee else Anthasayanam temple  other than in Trivandrum,
>Thiruvattaru> and Sreerangam. If so I may be informed.

In answer to your question , there are 27 dhivya desams 
sung by AzhwArs, where the Lord blesses us with Sayanam
posture .There are 7  different kinds of Sayanam that one
enjoys at these 26 dhivys dEsams . Thus ~25% (26 out of 108
dhivya dEsams ) of the divine places of worship visited by
AzhwArs constitute Sayana sTalams. They are:

1. UdhyOga Syanam: Thirukkudanthai/KumbakONam
   Resting on AadhisEshan but slightly lifted position 
   to speak to Thirumazhisai AzhwAr.

2. dharba Sayanam ( on sacred grass ): ThiruppullANi
   (Ramnad District)/Thiruppul aNai; vratham before
    Samudhra Raajan seeking permission to build a dam(sEthu) 

3. sTala sayanam ( On bare floor): Thirukkadalmallai/
   MahAbalipuram (avathAra sTalam of one of the Mudal
   AzhwArs).

 Bhujanga Sayanam : There are 20 of them listed below , 
 where the Lord rests on His favorite snake bed (4-23):  

4. Thiruvanathapuram /KeraLA
5. SrIrangam (ChOla dEsam)
6. Anbil     (    "      )
7. AadhanUr  (    "      )
8. ThiruveLLUr ( Thondai Mandalam)
9. ThirukkarambanUr(ChOla desam)
10. Kapisthalam  (ChOla dEsam)
11. ThirukkOshtyoor( Ramnad District)
12. ThirukkOLUr ( Paandya Naadu/One of the nava thiruppathis)
13. SiRupuliUr (ChOla Naadu)
14. Thiru TheRRiyambalam ( ThirunAngUr nava Thiruppathi)
15. ThiruppARkkadal/Milky Ocean (Not visible to us)
16. Thiruppirithi/Joshimutt ( Northern Dhivya dEsam)
17. ThiruppuLingudi ( Paandya Naadu Nava Thiruppathi)
18. ThiruppuLLambhUthangudi (ChOla Naadu)
19. ThiruppErnagar/Koviladi (ChOla Naadu)
20. ThiruvAttARu(MalayALa dhivya dEsam)
21. SrIvillipputthUr (Paandya Naadu)
22. ThiruvehhA ( ThoNDai Naadu)
23. ThiruveLLiyangudi (ChOla dEsam)

24. BhOga Sayanam:Tillai Thirucchitthirakootam
25. MaaNikka sayanam : Thiruneermalai
26. Veera sayanam : Thiru InthaLUr (ChOla desam)

There is an Anantha PadhmanAbha PerumAL Sannidhi
at a recently constructed temple at AdayAr and 
another Bhujanga Sayana PerumAL sannidhi at
POmona , NY (USA).

V.Sadagopan   



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