Monday, 16 January 2017

AHOBILAM NARASIMHA SWAMY TEMPLE

AHOBILAM  NARASIMHA  SWAMY  TEMPLE:

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Ahobilam is a holy site in the Allagadda mandal of Kurnool district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located 70km from Nandyal and 150km from Kurnool, the district headquaters. There are two temple houses,lower Ahobilam. According to legend, this is where Lord Narasimha blessed Prahlada and Killed the demon Hiranyakashipu. The temple follows vadakalai mode of worship.
  J N Chandra Kala
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  1. TEMPLES IN INDIA16 January 2017 at 22:13

    CONTRIBUTION :
    THERE are inscriptions which refers to vikramadhitiya of the western chalukyan kings of Kalyan worshipped the main deity of the temple. King Krishnadevaraya also visited the shrine on his return from the conquest of kalinga and made offerings to the deity.
    The popular legend about prataparudra is that the king wanted to cast a gold siva Linga but whenever be the cast, the final figure that emerged was the figure of Lord Narashima.
    The king was deeply perturbed at the experience, and during his meditation, the Lord appeared and told him that it was futile to make a distinction between siva and vishnu and asked him to worship the lord in Upper ahobilam as the lord was the same in whatever shape he was worshipped.
    PADMAPRIYA I

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  2. TEMPLES IN INDIA17 January 2017 at 02:32

    It is believed that when Lord Narasimha emerged from the Kambha the first step itself produced 172 sounds which are the first basic tenets of 172 classical ragas encompassing all that can be conceived in all possible man made types. Of this only 52 Melakarta ragas exist today and even these cannot be mastered by any one individual, however prolific his learning may be.We mortals cannot even fathom the extent of the sound vibrations the LORD would have rendered for man's understanding with his own limitations.

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