Monday, September 9, 2019

Vimans

The divyadesams get a special prominence due to the vimAnam above the garbha gruham of the prime deity with beautifulsculptural  works. There are altogether 96 different types of vimAnams found in the 108-divya desams. The few important among them are:

  1. PranavA kruthi vimAnam (in temples formed by devas)
  2. vimalA kruthi vimAnam
  3. suddha satva vimAnam
  4. thAraka vimAnam
  5. suganAkruthi vimAnam
  6. Vaithika vimAnam
  7. vutpalA vimAnam
  8. sowndarya vimAnam
  9. pushkalA vartha vimAnam
  10. vEda chakkra vimAnam
  11. sanjeevi vigraha vimAnam
  12. astAnga vimAnam (as in paramapadam)
  13. punya kOti vimAnam
  14. sreekara vimAnam
  15. ramya vimAnam
  16. mukunda vimAnam
  17. vijaya kOti vimAnam
  18. simmAkkara vimAnam
  19. taptha kAnchana vimAnam
  20. hEma koota vimAnam

It is commonly told by our ancestors that just the gopura darishanam grantsus
kOdi punyam. Such is the importance given to the vimAnams in the divya desams.

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