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Overview
Viṣṇu is one of the principal deities of Sanatana Dharma, worshipped as the supreme reality in the Vaiṣṇava traditions and enshrined across Bharat in many forms: as Badarīnārāyaṇa at Badrinath (the Badarikāśrama of Nara-Nārāyaṇa), as Dvārakādhīśa, Śrī Kṛṣṇa the lord of Dvārakā, in the west; as Jagannātha at Puruṣottama Kṣetra (Puri) in the east, and as Veṅkaṭeśvara on the Veṅkaṭācala hill at Tirumala.
3 sources
- Purāṇa Skanda Purāṇa, Vaiṣṇava Khaṇḍa
- Purāṇa Bhāgavata Purāṇa (Skandhas 10–11)
- Śāstra Mahābhārata (Itihāsa)
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Enshrined at
- Mandir
Shri Badrinath Temple
Badarīnātha MandiraBadrinath, Uttarakhand - Mandir
Dwarkadhish Temple (Jagat Mandir)
Dvārakādhīśa MandiraDwarka, Gujarat - Mandir
Shree Jagannatha Temple, Puri
Śrī Jagannātha Mandira, PurīPuri, Odisha - Mandir
Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple, Tirumala
Śrī Veṅkaṭeśvara Svāmī Mandira, TirumalaTirumala, Andhra Pradesh
Sacred sites
- Festival
Ratha Yatra of Puri
Ratha Yātrā
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