The temple is revered in "Nalayira Divya Prabandham", in 11 hymns in the 7th–9th century Vaishnava canon by Periazhwar and in 13 hymns in Thirumangai Azhwar. It is one of the 108 "Divyadesam" dedicated to Vishnu, who is worshipped as Badrinath. The temple is referred as Tiruvatariyacciramam in Tamil literature. Devotees of all faiths and all schools of thought of Hinduism visit the Badrinath Temple. All the major monastic institutions like Kashi Math, Jeeyar Mutt (Andhra mutt), Udupi Pejavar and Manthralayam Sri Raghavendra Swamy Mutts have their branches and guest houses there. The Badrinath temple is one of five related shrines called Panch Badri, which are dedicated to the worship of Vishnu. The five temples are Vishal Badri - Badrinath Temple in Badrinath, Yogadhyan Badri located at Pandukeshwar, Bhavishya Badri located from Jyotirmath at Subain, Vridh Badri located from Jyotirmath in Animath and Adi Badri located from Karnaprayag. The temple is considered one of the holiest Hindu "Char Dham" (four divine) sites, comprising Rameswaram, Badrinath, Puri and Dwarka. Although the temple's origins are not clearly known, the Advaita school of Hinduism established by Adi Shankara attributes the origin of Char Dham to the seer. The four monasteries are located across the four corners of India and their attendant temples are Badrinath Temple at Badrinath in the North, Jagannath Temple at Puri in the East, Dwarakadheesh Temple at Dwarka in the West and [[Rameshwaram|] at [[Rameshwaram], [[Tamilnadu]] in the South. Though ideologically the temples are divided between the sects of Hinduism, namely [[Saivism]] and [[Vaishnavism]], the Char Dham pilgrimage is an all-Hindu affair. There are four abodes in the Himalayas called Chota Char Dham ("Chota" meaning small): Badrinath, [[Kedarnath]], [[Gangotri]] and [[Yamunotri]]all of which lie in the foothills of the Himalayas.