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Mangalagiri is a town in Guntur district situated between the twin cities of Vijayawada and Guntur of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.  Mangalagiri is a temple of Lord Vishnu in Narasimhar form. Mangalagiri (mangala means auspicious , giri means hill ) , as Lord Narasimha near Vijayawada . As legend says after killing Demon King Hiranya Kasipu , Lord Narasimha killed Demon Namuchi ( he was blessed by Lord Brahma with boon that he should not be killed by either humans or animals or any other forms ) and settled on this hill . Lord here declared that he would be satisfied with ghee in Trete yuga , with milk in Dwapara yuga , with jaggery water (panakam in telugu) in Kali yuga . Hence Lord is Called Panakala Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy . The speciality of the temple is , only mouth is visible as no idol existed (God is self existent here). God is offered jaggery water (prasadam ) only and when this is poured into mouth the gargling sound is audible and half the...

This is one of the Pancha Narasimhar kshetram in Andrapradesh.(Vedadri, Vadapalli, Mattapalli,Mangalagiri,Ketavaram) The Vadapally Lakshmi Narasimhar temple is situated in Nalgonda district near the town of Miryalaguda, at the confluence of the River Krishna and Musi River. These two rivers very unusually come together in the shape of an “L”. There are Puranic references to the history of Lord Narasimha’s appearance at Vadapalli. According to the Puranas, Vyasa Bhagavan, knowing the piousness of the place, meditated for a long time on the manifestation of Sri Narasimha Swamy. The Lord benedicted him by manifesting in His ferocious Ugra form. Vyasa Bhagavan experienced Lord Narasimha at the moment when His breath was filled with tremendous anger, so he concluded that the Lord had come to him just after killing Hiranyakasipu. Therefore, he prayed to Sri Narasimha Swamy to manifest at Vadapalli in that Form only. Accordingly, Lord Narasimha swam...

This Temple is located on the banks of River Krishna at VEDADRI village in Krishna district of AP and at a distance of 80 km from Vijayawada and 10 Kms from Chillakallu on Vijayawada-Hyderabad National Highway. The nearest town is Jaggaiahpet at 12km. This is one among the Pancha Narasimhar sthethram near Vijaywada. The Lord Narasimhar exists here in five forms as Jwala , Yoganandha, Veera , Saligrama and Lakshmi Narasimhar. Lord Vishnu in His ‘Masthyavatar’ (fish) rescued Vedas from the demon Somakasura. The Vedapurush requested Him to reside on their heads. River Krishnaveni also wished to perform daily abhishekam to Him. Lord told them that their wishes will be fulfilled during ‘Narasimha avatar’ and asked Veda Purushas to remain in Krishna waters as Saligram till then and further assured them that He will stay with them as Panchamurthy. On Killing Hiranyakasipu , Lord Vishnu self-manifested on Vedadri hill as JWALA NARASIMHA. Later Lord Brahma installed SALIGRAMA NARASIMHA MURTHY o...

This is a Hill temple and a cluster of 3 temples . Sri Vyagara Narasimha Swamy temple at the foot of the hill . Sri Shobanachala Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple at the Hill and Sri Achanteswara Swamy (Lord Shiva) temple at even more top of it . Sri Vyagara Lakshmi Narasimhar Swamy is in Agripalli. It is 25kms from Vijayawada. This temple is dedicated to Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy. Here Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy is also known Sri Vyagra Narasimha Swamy. Vyagra means tiger in telugu here instead of lion the Lord Narasimhar has a tiger’s face . This is the foot hill temple with 25 steps . Sri Shobanachala Narasimha Swamy This temple is on a hillock one has to climb about 750 steps to have the dharshan of the Lord .The main deity is Sri Shobanachala Lakshmi Narasimhar with his consort Goddess Rajalakshmi is an swayambu . Here the Lord is with a smiling face . Opposite to the main sanctum is Dwajasthambam in front of it Lord Hanuman temple and a mantap adjacent to the main sanctum. Only 10 people...

It is located in Mattapalli or Mattapalli village in the Nalgonda district and is 25 km from the Huzurnagar Taluk on the banks of River Krishna . It is regarded as one of the Pancha Narasimha Kshetras. The temple houses the triple deities of Sri Yogananda Lakshmi Narasimha Swami, Sri Rajyalakshmi Thaayar and Sri Chenchu Lakshmi Thaayar. Several Telangana temples dedicated to Lord Narasimha Swamy are housed within caves. Similarly the Yoga Narasimha Swamy Temple is also located within a cave. The west facing Sanctum Sanctorum is accessed by a narrow passageway. We stayed in mukoor Lakshmi Narasimhacharyas ashram as well as koshala it was a circular halled temple with the main deity as Lakshmi Narasimhar and Chakrathalwar and beautiful carvings on either side of the pragharam . Surrounded by rooms all 4 sides . There is a rock above the door to the sanctum sanctorum. On it is the sculptured motif of Gaja Lakshmi with two elephants raising their trunks upwards on either side. The sanctum ...