But it appears that from the story behind the 108 divya desams for Sriman Narayana, that in many of these temples, Sri Vishnu has unique existence that is separate from the Narayana of the milky ocean.
Let us take for example, Kanchi Varadaraja. It is said he emerged from the sacrificial fire of Brahma and has a unique existence. For example, when the profound Vaishnava devotee 'Thirukkachi Nambi' wants to do fanning service to Sri Ranganatha, it is said Sri Ranganatha told him not to as he was cool being surrounded by river Cauvery. Then Sri Thirukkachi Nambi is supposed to have asked Tirupathi Venkatachalapathi. For this, Sri Venkateswara answered in similar vein that he too is not in need of fanning service as being atop 7 hills, he gets cool mountain air and is thus not hot. Then finally Sri Thirukkachi Nambi is supposed to have been told by Venkateswara to do the fanning service to Kanchi Varadaraja as he only emerged from Yagna homa and is thus always very hot. This suggests, Tirupathi Venkateswara has a separate existence, so does Ranganatha and so does Kanchi Varadaraja, although they are all Sri Vishnu.
And apart from the 22 avataras listed at Bhagavad Purana, there are still other forms of Vishnu such as Satyanarayana.
And similarly for Sri Krishna, I am aware of atleast 3 forms of Krishna - Krishna as always worshipped, Panduranga and Puri Jagannatha.
Thus I am wondering, if there are indeed 108 additional forms of Vishnu belonging to 108 divya desa. Do they all have separate existence in Vaikuntha? Afterall, in my imagination so far, Sri Vishnu meant only Sriman Narayana lying on the bed of AdiSesha in the milky ocean - now it appears there are many, many forms of Vishnu with separate existence and consort for each.
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