Plate DEI · SHNUVishnuविष्णु
URN · urn:vamshanidhi:deity:vishnu
Deities · Vaiṣṇava
Provisionalविष्णु
Vishnu
ISynopsis
Preserver of the universe in the Hindu trinity (Trimurti). Worshipped in 10 primary avatars (Dashavatara) including Rama and Krishna. Principal deity of the Vaishnava tradition.
Provenance ledger
9 entries
- PantheonVaiṣṇava · Curated pantheon classificationscholarly interpretation
- Name (mal/Mlym)വിഷ്ണുtextual
- Name (hin/Deva)विष्णु · also: नारायण, हरि, पेरुमालtextual
- Name (kan/Knda)ವಿಷ್ಣುtextual
- Name (tel/Telu)విష్ణువుtextual
- Name (tam/Taml)திருமால்textual
- Name (eng/Latn)Vishnu · also: Narayana, Hari, Madhavatextual
- Aspects1 attested formscholarly interpretation
- Enshrined at109 templescommunity attested
IIFamily lineages worshipping this deity
Verified family lineages that hold this deity as their kuladevataa (family patron deity). The kuladevataa registry (ADR-0044) grows as contributors share their family patron deity through lineage submissions.
IIAspects and forms
1 attestedWhere families offer to this kula-devata
The temples that enshrine Vishnu — where a family whose kula-devata this is can trace its shrine and offer dāna.
- Arulmigu Chendrayaperumal TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Arulmigu Lakshmi Narayana Swami TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Arulmigu Maruthurar Perumal TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Arulmigu Muniya Perumal TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Arulmigu Prasanna Varatharaja Perumal TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Pending verification
- Arulmigu Sivananintha Perumal TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Arulmigu Sundararajaperumal And Narasingaperumal TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Arulmigu Suriyanaraya Perumal TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Arulmigu Vaigundaperumal TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Jagannath TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Kelallur Maha Vishnu TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Kudalil Vamanamurty TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Laxmi Narayan MandirPrimary shrinePending verification
- Narayana Chetti TharmamPrimary shrinePending verification
- Shri Harisiddhi BhawaniPrimary shrinePending verification
- SREE NARAYANA GURU TEMPLE VAZHAVARAPrimary shrinePending verification
- Sree Narayanapuram Mahavishnu TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Sri Pan Perumal TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Swami Narayan Gujarati TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Swaminarayan TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Tatipara Hari Temple, Hindu templePrimary shrinePending verification
- Trivikrama Thirukalvanur KanchipuramPrimary shrinePending verification
- Varadaraja Perumal Temple, ShoolagiriPrimary shrinePending verification
Showing 24 of 4,528 recorded shrines — 4,504 more are on the record but are not listed on this page.
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IVFamily lineages
Families who consider Vishnu their kuladevataa have contributed lineage records to the Vamsha archive. The connection persists across generations as part of the hundred-year horizon set for this registry.
Notice an error, a missing source, or a date that should be revised? Suggest a correction. Every amendment enters the scholar moderation queue with the contributor cited.
URN · urn:vamshanidhi:deity:vishnu