Rishi Vikhanas

Vikhanas is the sage from whom the Vaikhanasa tradition takes its name: a school of the Krishna Yajurveda whose priests have conducted temple worship of Vishnu for centuries, most famously at Tirumala (Tirupati). Vaikhanasa tradition says Vikhanas was born from Vishnu's mind and taught four disciples, Atri, Bhrigu, Marichi and Kashyapa, whose texts form the Vaikhanasa Agamas.

1. The Vaikhanasa Sutras: the Vaikhanasa Smarta and Shrauta Sutras
2. Temple worship: the Vaikhanasa Agamas govern daily worship in many Vishnu temples of South India

• The sanctum of a South Indian Vishnu temple