Rock-cut Nrsimha Temple at Namakkal, Tamilnadu

BY: SUN STAFF

Sep 25, 2014 — CANADA (SUN) — Spiritual travelogue by Prakash Manjrekar @ YouTube.

Namakkal is a famous sthalam because of Sri Namagiri Thayar's mercy, the greatness of Lakshmi Narasimha's cave temple and the greatness of Hanuman. The name Namakkal derives from Namagiri, which is the name of the single rock formation at the center of the town. Namagiri Lakshmi Narasimhaswamy Temple is a beautiful "swayam udbhava" (naturally formed) murti of Lord Vishnu in the form of Sri Narasimha Swamy. The ancient cave temple is carved out of an imposing hill. There is a separate shrine for Goddess Namagiri Lakshmi, in front of Namagiri Narashimhaswamy.

There are three different depictions of the Narasimha avatara of Vishnu in this cave temple: We can see on the cave walls very beautiful sculptures of Mahavishnu's Avatharams:

Sri Vaikuntha Narayana with Sun, Moon, Siva, Brahma, Markandeya and Bhudevi. Abhaya Narsimha is also here. In the next wall, we can see Sri Ugra Narasimha tearing Hiranya's chest with His nails. On the other side wall, Sri Vamanamurthy is getting danam by Mahabalya Chakravarty. On the same wall, Sri Mahavishnu as Trivikrama is measuring the earth and sky. On the next wall, Sri Varaha Murthy is bearing the four Vedas all power heads on the nose, and holding Sri Bhudevi by two hands.

The glories of Goddess Sri Namagiri Thayar is spread all over India. Sri Namagiri Amman's Lotus eyes are merciful. She is seeing by lotus eyes with mercy. She is sitting on the lotus. She is also holding the lotus.