Sri Vaishnavism is a Hindu sect, the members of which worship Lord Maha Vishnu. The prefix Sri is used for this sect because they give special importance to the worship of Goddess Lakshmi, the consort of the Supreme God, Lord Vishnu. There are two sub-sects of Sri Vaishnavaites, are Vadagalai and Tenkalai. Most of the people belonging to Sri Vaishnavism follow Vishistadvaita even though it does not imply that every Sri Vaishnavaite has to be a Vishistadvaitin. Sri Vaishnavism is characterised by various specialities. One of them is the status of Guru or Acharya in the attainment of the Paramapurushaartham that is moksham. Also the followers place a special place for the 4000 divya prabandams (sacred hymns) by the alwars alongside with the Vedas.