Ahobilam Nava Narasimhar Temple

Ahobila Mahatmyam





KAsyAm yuga sahasrAnI
PrayAgae yuga vimsathihi |
GayAyAm yuga sathanchaiva
vasaethinam Ahobilae ||


The palan one gets by staying a single day in Sri Ahobilam
equals a stay of 1000 yugam in KAsi, 100 yugams in GayA and 20 yugams in PrayAg


Jwala Ahobila Malola Kroda Karanja Bhargava
Yogananda Kshatravata Pavana Nava Moorthayaha.

The Nine Narasimhasthalas are :- 1. Jwala Narasimha 2. Ahobila Narasimha 3. Malola Narasimha 4. Kroda Narasimha 5. Karanja Narasimha 6. Bhargava Narasimha 7. Yogananda Narasimha 8. Kshatravata Narasimha and 9. Pavana or holy Narasimha.

Those who visit navanarasimhas can avoid navagraha dosham as all nava narasimha syayamus are the leaders of all navagrhas. Each Narasimha swamy is leader of each navagrahas as fallows.

1. Jwala Narasimha Angaraka Grahadhipati
2. Ahobila Narasimha Guru Grahadhipati
3. Malola Narasimha Sukra Grahadhipati
4. Krodha Narasimha Rahu Grahadhipati
5. Karanja Narasimha Chandra Grahadhipati
6. Bhargava Narasimha Surya Grahadhipati
7. Yogananda Narasimha Shani Grahadhipati
8. Kshatravata Narasimha Kethu Grahadhipati
9. Paavan or holy Narasimha Budhan Grahadhipati




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NavaNarasimhar Temple Map of Ahobilam



Narasimha Maha Mantram

ugram viram maha-vishnum
jvalantam sarvato mukham /
nrisimham bhishanam bhadram
mrityur mrityum namamy aham //

“I bow down to Lord Nrisimha who is ferocious and heroic like Lord Vishnu. He is burning from every side. He is terrific, auspicious and the death of death personified.”

 
This mantra is quoted or at least referred to in many scriptures. The Nrisimha Tapani Upanishad also gives the history of this mantra. In the last creation the presiding deity was Lord Nrisimhadeva and this was the mantra inspiring the entire creation into which Lord Brahma was initiated, as in the present creation the presiding deity is Shri Krishna and He initiated Brahma into the Kama-Gayatri.


In Jagannatha Puri the pujaris believe that Lord Jagannatha is from the previous creation and was originally worshipped as Lord Nrisimhadeva. Jagannatha Puri Dhama floats on the ocean of devastation and is thus never destroyed. Every twelve or nineteen years the Deities' forms are changed. The installation yajna for the new Deities takes about two weeks and is mainly comprised of a Nrisimha mantrawhich is chanted 20,000 times.
=> Mukur Lakshmi Narasimha Chariyar