Lakshmi Narasimha Temple is located in

Dharmapuri Dharmapuri is a city in the north western part of Tamil Nadu, India. It serves as the administrative headquarters of Dharmapuri district which is the first district created in Tamil Nadu after the independence of India by splitting it from ...

town,

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, in

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, India. It is the abode of Narsimha Swamy, the fourth avatar of

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, and his consort Devi Lakshmi. The place has garnered considerable crowd over the years. The temple was built during the reign of the

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, and later expanded by the

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Description

The temple houses three forms of Narasimha. The first is in his natural seated posture. The second is the angry Ugra form with which he had destroyed the demon

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. The third is the Saumya (peaceful) avatar of Balaji, similar to the one at Tirupati. There is a small temple of Sri Venugopal as well, with Rukmini and Satyabhama. An idol of

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, the lord of Dharma, stands at the entrance of the temple and the devotees are said to offer their first prayer to him when they come to Dharmapuri, and then to Lord Aanjaney Swamy, the Kshetra Swamy, and chief devotee of Vishnu.

Worship

A Brahmotsav is held after

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each year. The temple also witnesses weddings of couples who wish to commence their life together with the blessing of the lord. Other Hindu festivals such as Bonalu,

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, etc are also celebrated here. Pilgrims generally perform ‘Satya Narayana Puja’ at this place. Lakshmi temples Hindu temples in Karimnagar district Narasimha temples {{Karimnagar-geo-stub