Direction of The Holy Face
In these 108 Divyadesams, Vishnu faces various directions and giving his seva (blessing), which are as follows:
| Facing Direction | Divyadesams |
| East | 79 |
| West | 19 |
| North | 3 |
| South | 7 |
| Holy | 2 |
Read more about this topic: Divya Desams
Famous quotes containing the words direction of, direction, holy and/or face:
“From the way the grass bends, one can know the direction of the wind.”
—Chinese proverb.
“The young ... look into visages dull-eyed, long-toothed, wattle-necked, and chop-fallen, something they have never been and which they cannot imagine ever being.... If it occurs to a young person, looking at us, that this is the direction in which he himself travels, how can he forgive, let alone bear the sight of, us, who constantly bring him the bad news of our own faces, bitter signposts pointing to his own destination?”
—Jessamyn West (1902–1984)
“Her track, where’er the Goddess roves,
Glory pursue, and generous Shame,
Th’ unconquerable Mind, and Freedom’s holy flame.”
—Thomas Gray (1716–1771)
“The legacies that parents and church and teachers left to my generation of Black children were priceless but not material: a living faith reflected in daily service, the discipline of hard work and stick-to-itiveness, and a capacity to struggle in the face of adversity.”
—Marian Wright Edelman (20th century)