Anthili Lakshmi Narasimhar Temple

Anthili Lakshmi Narasimhar




 5 Quick facts

Moolavar Lakshmi Narasimhar, Shantha swaroopi.

2) Temple history:

Garuda once felt anxious that he was left out both in Gajendra moksham and Narasimha Vaibavam. He did severe penance in this place and God gave him dharsham as Nakshmi Narasimhar.

Lord Narasimhar made Garuda understand that it was not intentional to leave him during Gajendra moksham / Narasimha Vaibavam and it was due to urgency.
Garudar felt very happy and wished that Lakshmi narasimhar should stay in that place and bless all devotees.

3)  Anthili Temple timing and phone number

Temple Time : 7am-6pm
Priest: Srikanth Bhattar Mobile: 94867 89200

4) Temple Location

Anthili is 35kms West of Villupuram and 1km East of Arakandanallur/ ThiruKovilur Railway Station ( Villupuram-Mugaiyur-Thirukovilur route)

5) This is one of the 8 temples in Tamil Nadu, where Lord Narasimha provided darshan after the killing of Hiranya. 

 1) Singarakudi near Pondicherry/Cuddalore, 
2) Anthili near Thiru Kovilur, 
3) Parikkal near Kedilam, 
4) Sholingur
5) Nammakkal
6) Singaraperumal Koil near Chengalpet 
7) Sinthalavadi.
8) Poovarasan kuppam

Temple Map for Anthili, Parrikal, Poovarasankuppam, Singiri




Recently we visited this temple (July 7th 2011) and nearby Narasimhar temples.
Srikanth Bhattar(Mobile: 94867 89200 ) was very kind enough to arrange food in his own house.
He took care of all the things that was needed for our puja on that day.

Puja in Anthili Temple

Mangalagiri Panaka Narasimha



Mangalagiri Narasimhar

5 quick facts about Mangalagiri Narasimhar Temple
1)
Mangalagiri (Auspicious hill) is one of the 8 important mahakshetrams in India.

The eight places where Lord Vishnu manifested himself are (1) Sri Rangam (2) Srimushnam (3) Naimisam (4) Pushkaram (5) Salagamadri (6) Thothadri (7) Narayanasramam (8) Venkatadri. Thotadri is the present Mangalagiri.

This is one of the Panchanarasimhar kshetram (Vedadri, Vadapalli, Mattapalli, Mangalagiri, Ketavaram)

Mangalagiri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy

2) Panaka narasimha swamy temple on the top of the hill: you can see only narasimhars mouth opening about 15 cms. This offering is actually poured into the mouth of the rock cut image of the deity.
Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple on the foot of the hill: The garland of swami has 108 salagrama and a special counch.  This temple has a 11 storey raja gopuram
Gandala Narasimha Swamy is on the top of the hill there is no specific deity for God. You can lit lamps here and is believed to remove all sorrows. The lamp is visible from many nearby villages.


3)  The shape of the hill appears to be like an elephant, from all the direction.
No Ants inside temple premise, though all people offer jagary to god


4)
 The temple is believed to have been existed in all the four yugas. The Lord took amrutam (nectar) and cooled down in Krithayugam. The Lord said that he would be satisfied with ghee in Threthayugam, with milk in Dwaparayugam and with panakam(Jaggery water) in Kaliyugam.


5) Ksheera Vruksham (The milk tree) is famous here, for those who wish to be bless with child.
Galli gopuram Height of this temple is 153 feet and width is 49 feet is also very famous in this temple.

Mangalagiri Temple Gopuram

Temple Tank Lakshmi Pushkarini
The temple tank is known as the Lakshmi Pushkarini. Legend has it that this pushkarini was created by the Gods, combining the waters from several holy rivers of the land, and that Mahalakshmi (who came out of the milky ocean when it was churned by the gods and the asuras), bathed in this pushkarini and married Vishnu thereafter.

Mangalagiri Lakshmi Narasimha

Location
Mangalagiri is situated between Vijayawada and Guntur on Chennai-Kolkata national highway No.5. It is at 19 kilometres from Guntur, and 12 kilometres from Vijayawada.
 
Further reading

• http://www.mangalagiri.net/
• http://srividesikan.web.officelive.com/Documents/Mangalagiri.pdf

When the Jaggery water is actually poured into the mouth of the Lord, a gargling sound is clearly audible as if the Lord is actually drinking it and the sound becomes shriller and shriller as and when the Lord is drinking. The sound will come

to a stop after sometime and the balance of the jaggery water is thrown out. This phenomenon happens not once in a day but is a recurring feature during the course of the day as and when devotees offer panakam.

Lakshmi Narasimha Haranahalli temple

This temple is in Karnataka, India. Nearest railway station is Arasikere. It is well connected by buses. Haranahalli is a small town situated about eight kilometers to the south of Arsikere on the main road leading towards Hassan. This town is called by various other names. While some people call it Haruvanahalli, the others refer to it as Hiriya Somanathapura. Haranahalli is well known for its beautiful temples, the prominent ones among them being the Kesava and the Someshvara temples that are renowned for the Hoysala style of architecture.








The Kesava temple (popularly known as Lakshmi Narasimha temple) is situated in the center of this old Hoysala town. The records reveal that three brothers -Peddanna Heggade, Somanna and Keshanna- obtained a free site from the natives and constructed the temple in 1234 AD. The Hoysala king Narasimha II bestowed the brothers with more acres of land later for the development of the temple.



Mallitamma, one of the best-known Hoysala sculptors of the 13th century, is the main sculptor of the Kesava temple. He is believed to have worked for the Nuggehalli, Hosaholalu and Somanathapura temples also.



The Chennakeshava temple is a State monument. This temple sits on a star shaped foundation & is very similar to the Belur temple. But the maintenance is bad. This picture was taken on 4,April, 2010. The renovation of the temple premises was going on.

Few more scultpures of haranahalli (mostly appears to be broken intentionally)























Felt a lot of pain on seeing the damanged condition of this lakshmi narasimha statue ...

Mayapur Ugra Narasimha Photos

Mayapur Ugra Narasimha with Prahlad

Making of Mayapur Narasimha





Please check narasimhalila for further details

Please read this to know about mayapur narasimha lelai in tamil.

Mayapur Narasimha With Long Nails

Mayapur Narasimha Abhishek

Mayapur Narasimha decorated with fruit garland

Mayapur Narasimha Yellow flower Abhishek

Mayapur Narasimha Sandal Paste

Mayapur Narasimha - Jwalantam Namamyaham

Beautiful Radha Krishna of Mayapur

Mayapur Narasimha Abhishek

Mayapur Narasimha on Flower mountain

Mayapur Narasimha 

Mayapur Narasimha white flowerAbhishek

Mayapur Radha Ma

108 names of lord Narasimha with meaning

1. Om narasimhaya namah Obeisances unto the half-man half-lion Lord
2. Om mahasimhaya namah Obeisances to the great lion
3. Om diyva-simhaya namah Obeisances to the Divine lion
4. Om mahabalaya namah Obeisances to the greatly powerful
5. Om ugra-simhaya namah Obeisances to the angry terrifying lion
6. Om mahadevaya namah Obeisances to the Lord of lords
7. Om stambha-ja-aya namah Obeisances to One who appeared from the pillar
8. Om ugra-locanaya namah Obeisances to one who possesses terrifying eyes
9. Om raudraya namah Obeisances to the angry one
10. Om sarvadbhutaya namah Obeisances to one who is wonderful in every way
11. Om srimanaya namah Obeisances to the most beautiful
12. Om yoganandaya namah Obeisances to the source of yogic bliss
13. Om trivikramaya namah Obeisances to Lord Vamana (Who took three great steps)
14. Om harine namah Obeisances to Sri Hari Who takes our troubles away
15. Om kolahalaya namah Obeisances to the roaring (Varahadeva - Varaha-nrisimha)
16. Om cakrine namah Obeisances to Him Who carries the disk
17. Om vijayaya namah Obeisances to Him Who is always victorious
18. Om jaya-vardhanaya namah Obeisances unto Him Who has ever increasing glories
19. Om panchananaya namah Obeisances unto Him Who is five-headed
20. Om param-brahma-aya namah Obeisances unto Supreme Absolute Truth
21. Om aghoraya namah Obeisances to Him Who for His devotees is not horrible
22. Om ghora-vikramaya namah Obeisances to Him Who has terrifying activities
23. Om jvalan-mukhaya namah Obeisances to One Who has an effulgent face
24. Om jvala-maline namah Obeisances to Him with effulgent garland of flames
25. Om mahajvalaya namah Obeisances to He Who is most effulgent
26. Om maha-prabhuhaya namah Obeisances to the Supreme Master
27. Om niti-laksaya namah Obeisances to Him Who possesses all good (moral) qualities
28. Om sahasraksaya namah Obeisances to the thousand-eyed One
29. Om durniriksyaya namah Obeisances to Him Who is difficult to see (difficult to look at)
30. Om pratapanaya namah Obeisances to Him Who oppresses His enemies with great heat
31. Om mahadamstraya namah Obeisances to Him Who possesses huge teeth
32. Om yudha-prajnaya namah Obeisances to the Supremely intelligent in battle (ready to fight)
33. Om canda-kopine namah Obeisances to Him Who is likened to an angry moon
34. Om sada-sivaya namah Obeisances to the All auspicious Lord
35. Om hiranyakasipu-dhvamsine namah Obeisance to Him Who destroys Hiranyakasipu
36. Om daitya-danava-bhanjanaya namah Obeisances to He Who destroys the masses of the race of demons and giants
37. Om guna-bhadraya namah Obeisances unto Narasimha Who is full of wonderful qualities
38. Om mahabhadraya namah Obeisances to Him Who is very auspicious
39. Om bala-bhadraya namah Obeisances to Him Who is auspiciously powerful
40. Om subhadrakaya namah Obeisances to the extremely auspicious One
41. Om karalaya namah Obeisances to He Who possesses a wide open mouth
42. Om vikaralaya namah Obeisances to Him with very wide open mouth
43. Om vikartaya namah Obeisances to the Lord Who performs wonderful activities
44. Om sarva-kartrikaya namah Obeisances to the Lord Who performs ALL activities
45. Om sisumaraya namah Obeisances to Him Who also appears as Matsya
46. Om trilokatmaya namah Obeisances to the Soul of the three worlds
47. Om isaya namah Obeisances to the Lord known as the controller
48. Om sarvesvaraya namah Obeisances to that supreme controller
49. Om vibhuaya namah Obeisances to Narasimha Who is the BEST
50. Om bhaivaradambaraya namah Obeisances to Him Who causes terror by roaring in the sky
51. Om divyaya namah Obeisances to That Divine Person Narasimha
52. Om acyutaya namah Obeisances to our infallible Lord Nara-simha
53. Om kavine namah Obeisances to the Supreme intelligent (poet)
54. Om madhavaya namah Obeisances to the husband of Srimati Laksmi devi
55. Om adhoksajaya namah Obeisances to Him Who is beyond understanding (or beyond explaining)
56. Om aksaraya namah Obeisances to the infallible One
57. Om sarvaya namah Obeisances to He Who is the origin of everything
58. Om vanamaline namah Obeisances to Him Who wears garland of forest flowers (or adorned by His loving devotees)
59. Om varapradaya namah Obeisances to the Merciful Lord Who grants boons to the deserving like Prahlada
60. Om visvambaraya namah Obeisances to Narasimha Who maintains the universe
61. Om adbhutaya namah Obeisances to Him Who is wonderful
62. Om bhavyaya namah Obeisances to He Who determines the future (Who is the future for His devotees)
63. Om sri-visnave namah Obeisances to that Narasimha Who is the all pervading Lord Vishnu
64. Om purusottamaya namah Obeisances to Narasimha Who is the Supreme Enjoyer
65. Om anaghastra namah
Obeisances to Him Who can never be wounded by weapons
66. Om nakhastraya namah
Obeisances to Him Who has sharp nails for weapons
67. Om surya-jyotine namah
Obeisances to Narasimha the source of Suns rays
68. Om suresvaraya namah
Obeisances to Narasimhadev, Lord of devatas
69. Om sahasra-bahu-aya namah
Obeisances to Nara-hari the thousand-armed Lord
70. Om sarva-jnaya namah
Obeisances to Him Who is the all-knowing
71. Om sarva-siddhi-pradayakaya namah
Obeisances to Him Who awards all perfections to the sadhakas (devotees)
72. Om vajra-damstraya namah
Obeisances to Narasimha Who has teeth like lightning bolts
73. Om vajra-nakhaya namah
Obeisances to Narasimha Who possesses nails like piercing lightning bolts
74. Om mahanandaya namah
Obeisances to the source of supreme bliss - Atmananda - Narasimha
75. Om param-tapaya namah
Obeisances to the source of All austerities, spiritual energy (and taptah - heat)
76. Om sarva-mantraika-rupa namah
Obeisances to that Divine Personality Who although one, he appears as the many mantrika formulas
77. Om sarva-yantra-vidaramaya namah
Obeisances to Him Who destroys all machines (demoniac plans/arrangements/vehicles for demoniac works)
78. Om sarva-tantratmakaya namah
Obeisances to Narasimha the essence of, and proprioter of all tantras (ritual rites - pujas)
79. Om avyaktaya namah
Obeisances to the Lord Who appears unmanifest
80. Om suvyaktaya namah
Obeisances unto Nara-simha Who for His devotees becomes wonderfully manifest from the pillar (or when needed)
81. Om bhakta-vatsala namah
Obeisances to the Lord Who always has the well-being of His devotee at heart
82. Om vaisakha-sukla-bhototthaya namah
Obeisances to That Narasimhadeva Who appeared during waxing moon of the month of Visakha (April-May)
83. Om saranagata-vatsalaya namah
Obeisances to the Lord Who is kind to those surrendered to Him (like the mother lioness who is kind to her cubs)
84. Om udara-kirtine namah
Obeisances to Nara-simha Who is universally famous
85. Om punyatmaya namah
Obeisances to Him Who is the essence of piety
86. Om mahatmaya namah
Obeisances to That great personality, Nara-simha
87. Om candra-vikramaya namah
Obeisances to Him Who is the performer of moonlike or great deeds, or who performs deeds that eclipse all others.
88. Om vedatrayaya namah
Obeisances to the Lord of the three original Vedas (Rg, Yajur, Sama)
89. Om prapujyaya namah
Obeisances to Narasimha Who is supremely worshipable
90. Om bhagavanaya namah
Obeisances to Narasimha the Supreme Personality of Godhead
91. Om paramesvaraya namah
Obeisances to He Who is the Supreme Controller (Nara-simha-deva)
92. Om srivatsamkaya namah
Obeisances to the Lord Who is just like Krishna, being marked with symbol of Laksmi
93. Om jagat-vyapine namah
Obeisances to Narasimha Who pervades the entire universe
94. Om jagan-mayaya namah
Obeisances to the Supreme Mystic Who makes the material world seem real
95. Om jagat-palaya namah
Obeisances to the protector of the universe (Nara-simha)
96. Om jagannathaya namah
Obeisances to the Lord of Universe
97. Om mahakhagaya namah
Obeisances to Him Who moves in the air or with the movement of the air (is everywhere)
98. Om dvi-rupa-bhrtaya namah
Obeisances to Him Who has double form (man-lion)
99. Om paramatmaya namah
Obeisances to Him Who is the Supersoul of All beings
100. Om param-jyotine namah
Obeisances to Him (Nara-simha) Whose effulgence is the source of Brahman
101. Om nirgunaya namah
Obeisances to Narasimha Who possesses transcendental qualities (not those of the material nature)
102. Om nrkesarine namah
Obeisances unto Him man-lion (or having a lion's mane while appearing part human)
103. Om para-tattvaya namah
Obeisances to the Supreme Absolute Truth (One Who is of the Supreme nature)
104. Om param-dhamaya namah
Obeisances to He Who comes from the Supreme Abode
105. Om sac-cid-ananda-vigrahaya namah
Obeisances to Narasimha Whose Form is made of eternal knowledge and bliss
106. Om laksmi-nrsimhaya namah
Obeisances unto the Man-Lion Form together with the Supreme Goddess of Fortune Srimati Laksmi-devi
107. Om sarvatmaya namah
Obeisances unto the universal, primeval soul (the Supreme Personality of Godhead - Narasimhadeva)
108. Om dhiraya namah
Obeisances unto Narasimha who is always sober (being never bewildered)


Om prahlada-palakaya namah Obeisances unto Narasimha Who is the protector of Prahlada Maharaja, and those of that nature - surrendered unto Him.