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Sri YAdagirigutta Lakshminarasimha
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Sri YAdagirigutta Lakshminarasimha
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Location: This temple is located about 69 km (40 miles) from Hyderabad near the town of Bhuvanagiri (Bhongir)
moolavar: Jwala Narasimhan, Yoga Narasimhan, Gandabheranda, LakshmiNarasimhan, Ugra Narasimhan (pancha Narasimha kshEtram)
utsavar: vAIdya LakshmiNarasimhan, kalyAna LakshmiNarasimhan
thAyAr: AndAl
other sannidhis: AzhwArs, Anjaneyar, Sudarshanar
Agama: pAncarAtra
sthala purAnam:
In trEta yugam, there lived a sage by the name of YAda rishi. The sage was none other than the son of the famous Rishyasringa.
Through his father's guidance, YAdarishi had achieved an intense level of devotion to Sriman Narayana. Such devotion inspired him to venture into the area adjacent to the hill that would eventually bear his name to perform tapas to achieve the vision of the Lord.
Sriman Narayana, pleased with YAda's tapasyam, sent Sri Anjaneya to direct the rishi to a holy spot, where the Lord appeared to him in the form of Sri LakshmiNarasimhan. This spot is marked by a temple located at the foot of the Yadagiri hillock, and is located about 5 km from the present temple. There the sage worshipped the Lord for many years.
After Yadarishi attained mOksham, a number of tribals, hearing of the Lord's presence, came to worship Him at this temple. But, not being very learned, these devotees began to engage in improper worship.Because of this, Sri LakshmiNarasimhan moved into to the hills. The tribals searched for many years to find their Lord, to no avail.
After many years had passed. the Lord appeared in the dream of a devout lady among the tribe, directing her to a large cavern wherein He revealed Himself to all as five majestic archAvatharans.
Three of these rupams of SingapirAn, jwAlanarasimhan, yOganarasimhan, and Lakshminarasimhan appear as self-manifesting images on the wall of the cavern itself.The fourth form, ugranarasimhan, reveals His Fierce Mouth to us as the wide entrance to the cavern itself. The fifth form, gandabheranda, is known only by the presence of an eternal lamp that burns within a crevice underneath Sri Anjaneya sannidhi.
As these rupams of the Lord are sometimes difficult to see in the small crevice inside the cavern that serves as His sannidhi,PerumAl and ThAyar stand together as large silver utsavars out of Their soulabhyam as Sri LakshmiNarasimhan. It is this form of the Lord and ThAyar that are known and adored by all the devotees visiting the Temple.
Over the centuries, and particularly in recent years, Sri LakshmiNarasimhan has revealed an interesting side of His Compassionate Nature by taking on the role of a Divine Doctor. Many devotees tell of vivid dreams in which the Lord comes to heal them from chronic or terminal illnesses, and even mental or emotional problems. Often times, the Lord Himself has imparted mantrOpadEsham to select devotees in their dreams. Those visiting the temple have often come out of an overwhelming desire to be there, and just as mysteriously, those leaving the temple leave with the knowledge and satisfaction that their illnesses have been cured; a feeling that is often proved true upon their next visit to their family physician. It is for this reason that the Lord has come to be known as Sri vAIdya LakshmiNarasimhan.
Source: Sri Mohan Sagar