Most of the folk deities are also commonly propitiated by other local Tamils such as Vairavar, Virapathirar, Kali and Narasingan.
It is a Hindu piligrimage center and the site of an ancient temple dedicated to the God Narasimha.
Hiranyakashipu, unable to control his anger, smashes the pillar with his mace, it burst in two and out sprang the god Vishnu in the form of a man-lion form called Narasimha Avatar who laid the King across his knees and ripped his stomach open with his claws.
It is a Hindu pilgrimage center and the site of an ancient temple dedicated to the God Narasimha.
The Anantha Sayanam version of the villu is consecrated to Lord Padmanabha (Vishnu); the one with the Dasavathram painting is offered to Lord Narasimha; the one showing the Krishna-leela is dedicated to Lord Krishna; the one with the painting of Shri Rama Pattabhishekam is consecrated to the idol of Shri Rama.
Narasimha Rao | Narasimha | P. V. Narasimha Rao | Lakshmi Narasimha | Bhimreddy Narasimha Reddy | Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya | Narasimha III | Narasimha I | Vira Narasimha II | Roddam Narasimha | Narasimha Naidu | narasimha | M. V. Narasimha Rao | Malur R. Narasimha Prasad | Garikapati Narasimha Rao |
Sri Ahobila Mutt Lakshmi Narasimha Lakshmi Narayana Temple, Ahobila Mutt Marg, Chembur in Mumbai.
The other notable mention is in The Ancient History of South Canara written by Ganapathi Rao Aigal, which mentions one Damarsa Bale, among nine other Samasthas (Noblemen) of Bantwal, signing a copper inscription of offering to Sri Bhadra Narasimha Temple of Manjeshwar.
The Beijjanki Mandal is home to the famed Sri Lakshimi Narasimha Swamy temple, wherein the Mandal's largest Jathara is held every Summer.
The temples dedicated to Dattatreya are located throughout India, the most important places of his worship are in Karnataka,Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat like Ganagapur in Karnataka near Gulbarga, Narasimha Wadi in the Kolhapur district, Pithapuram in Andhra Pradesh near Kakinada, Audumbar in Sangli district and Girnar in Saurashtra.
The deities invoked are Sharada, Ganesha, Sarasvati, Maccha, Kacchap, Varaha, Narasimha, Vaman, Parashuram, Ram and Krishna Avatars of Vishnu, Bhairunath, Ramdev, Shani, Surya and Chandrama.
The top of the bell handle is usually adorned with a brass figure - bells intended for use in the worship of Lord Shiva will have a figure of Lord Nandi, while those used in the worship of Lord Vishnu or his avatars as Rama, Narasimha or Krishna will have a figure of Garuda or Panchajanya shanka or Sudarshana Chakra.
The only other God who shows a twig with a gunja seed on his upturned right hand palm to indicate the divya ksehtra’s superiority over Kashi (Varanasi) is Lord Narasimha, in the Gunja Narasimha Swamy temple locaterd at T.Narsipur in Mysore district in Karnataka on the bank of the Kaveri - Kapila - Spatika Sarovar sangam (confluence).
He has worked with several Indian Prime Minister like Atal Bihari Vajpayee, P. V. Narasimha Rao and Indira Gandhi.
Chithira Buthira also noted that Mayon had taken a 4-span body in the previous yugas, as Narasimha, Rama, and Krishna, and so Kali, in this yuga, was born with the body of same size, and he pushed himself out of the earth.
In the prakara (enclosure) of the temple, there are small shrines containing the figures of Yoganarasimha, Sugriva, Kalinga, Mardhana, Ramanujacharya, Madhvacharya, Vedanta Desika, and some alwars.
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The outer-walls of the garbhagrha and sukansi have, besides pilasters and turrets, two rows of figures representing mostly Vishnu and his Avatars such as Hayagriva, Narasimha, Lakshminarayana, Venugopala, Kalinga-Mardana and Govardhanadhari.
Two copper plates of the early Pallava dynasty have been found in the lake, tracing its history to Langula Narasimha Deva (Langulya Gajapathi Raju) an Ganga Vanshi Odisha king, (Oddiya/Oriya raju) .
Nalla Narasimha Reddy Education Society’s Group of Institutions, Hyderabad (NNRG Hyderabad) is a college, focusing on engineering, located in Hyderabad, India.
The Virupaksha temple is rich in sculptures like those of Lingodbhava, Nataraja, Ravananugraha and Ugranarasimha.
Ravivarma Narasimha Domba Heggade (died 1800) was the Raja (sovereign) of Vitla principality who led a resistance against British colonisers in the erstwhile South Canara district of British India.
The last three Sivas, together with Kapalamocana and Goddess Ardhasini, act as the day and night guardians of the town, Nilakantha is the governor of the kshetra, Narasimha protects the places where the fire ceremony is performed.
Some regional South-Indian scriptures narrate that Narasimha took the form of Gandaberunda, a more ferocious two-headed bird-animal, to combat Shiva-Sharabha.
S P N R C High School (Sri Posani Narasimha Rao Choudari High School, Telugu:శ్రీ పోసాని నరసింహారావు చౌదరి ఉన్నత పాఠశాల) is an aided secondary school established on 12 August 1964 in Gollapudi beside the National Highway 9 (India).
Some of the people who stood against Razakars are Bhimreddy Narasimha Reddy,Bikumalla Sathyam,Bommagani Dharma Bhiksham, Boddupally Singara Chary,Vardhelli Buchiramulu, Bandi Yadagiri,Dr.A.P.Vittal,Mallu Swarajyam,Mallu Venkata Narasimha Reddy,Rangiah,Bheemiah.