The procession image of the deity is in the form of Vishnu made of metal with Bhudevi and Sridevi on either side. Sri Mahalakshmi, the Lords consort is known here by the name of Sri Amruthavalli. There is an idol of Prahalada standing beside the lord. Garbgriha is decorated beautifully with four lions in corner. On the eastern entrance one can see the idol of Anjaneya. The temple is enclosed in large walled compound with 4 entrances having a gopura over each entrance. The popular king of Vijayanagara Sri Krishna Devaraya and Maharashtra King Shivaji visited this famous temple and constructed sub temples and Mahishasuramardini Temple respectively. The raja gopuram was built by Harihararaya. One of them states that the temple was built by a Nayaka during the reign of Bukka I in 1332 AD. The inscriptions in the temple relate mostly to the Vijayanagar period. The construction of this temple is said to have been commenced during the Western Chalukya rule but it was completed during the time of Vijayanagara rulers. The specialty of this temple is that after the daily Abhishekam is performed, the idol of Lord Lakshmi Narasimha oozes sweat continuously even after repeatedly wiping off sweat by the temple priests. Lord Narasimha in this temple is swayambhu emerging from the roots of Khadri tree (Indian mulberry).
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The temple is dedicated to Lord Narasimha, a Man-lion form and is one of the 10 avatars of Lord Vishnu. Thus, Narasimha had not violated the conditions of Brahma’s boon but made them non-applicable.At a distance of 1.5 km Kadiri Railway Station, 100 km from Anantapur, 113 km from Kadapa, 458 km from Hyderabad, 476 km from Vijayawada, and 174 km from Bangalore, Sri Kadiri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple is located in Kadiri town in Anantapur District of Andhra Pradesh. He himself dons the form of half human and haf lion. He disembowles him and kills him with his nails(which are neither weapon nor organs). He keeps Hiranyakashipa on his thighs(neither earth nor aakash). Because of Brahma’s boon and to bypass all the conditions in the boon, Narasimha drags Hiranya to the threshold of the palace(which is neither outside or inside), selects dusk time (which is neither day or night). His killing Hiranyakashipa is very dramatic. We can find Prahlad in the lap of Lord Narasimha in some temples. Before parting, Narasimha crowns Prahlad as king. In some versons of the story, all the gods and goddesses beseechLakshmi, who assumes the form of Pratyangira to pacify the Lord. So they requestedPrahlad to pacify the Lord, and it was only then Narasimha, returned to a more benevolent form. It is said that even after the killing of Hiranyakashipa, none of the gods present around were able to pacify Narasimha. Enraged with this answer, his father points towards apillar and asks his son, whether Vishnu is there. Whwn Hiranya Kashipa angrily kept demanding Prahlad, “Where is Hari?’, his son answered that he is everywhere. Lord Narasimha had to come out of a pillar to testify the faith of his Bhakth. God had to come to vindicate Bhakta’s faith! Prahlad asserts the omnipresence of Lord Vishnu. Repeated threats yield no result for Hiranya Kashipa. But his son Prahlad, an ardent devotee of Vishnu, does not flinch from his devotion to Hari. With virtually no fear of death Hiranya Kashipa declares himself to be above all the gods and unleacshes terror on all those who do not accept his supermacy. Hiranya Kashipa asks for a very tricky boon:that he would not die either on earth or in sky neither in fire nor in water neither during the day nor at night neither inside nor outside(of a house) neither by a human, nor by an animal norby God neither by inanimate nor by animate objects.īrahma grants the strange boon. He performed penance to please Bramha who offers him the choice of a boon. Enraged by this Hiranyaksha’s brother Hiranya Kashipa wanted to avenge this.
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Vishnu kills Hiranyaksha during his Varaha avatar. Narasimha is the fourth incarnation of Lord Vishnu, the preceding one being that of a Boar(Varaha). How Lord Vishnu had to don Narasimha avatar In this avatar God Plunges into action right from the moment he appears. There are references to Narasimha in the Puranas. Lord Narasimha is worshipped as the ‘Great Protector’ who defends and protects his devotees in times of their need.
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The reason for this is that Lord Narasimha, after killing Hiranya Kashipa, wandered in the forests of these states and ultimately married Sri Mahalakshmi who donned the avatar of Pratyangira/Chenchu Lakshmi (a tribal girl). In addition to them, there are a number oh Narasimha temples in both the states. Among them, there are nine significant temples depicting different forms of the Lord. There are a number of Narasimha temples throughout Telugu states. But Narasimha avatar has unique significance, especially in South India. Lord Narasimha is one of the ‘dasa avatars’ of Sri Maha Vishnu.