Namakkal Narasimha Swamy Temple
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Timings of Namakkal Narasimha Swamy Temple : The Namakkal Narasimha Swamy temple opens at at 6.30 am and closes at 1.00 pm, and reopen at 4.30 pm and closes at 9.00 pm. It may change during the festive season, when the closing timings get extended.
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Namakkal Narasimha Swamy Temple, Namakkal Overview
Arulmigu Narasimha Swamy Temple, located in the district of Namakkal of Tamil Nadu, sees tourists coming from all over the state. Scholars believe that the temple was built around the 8th century by the Pandya kings. This is the temple facing which Lord Hanuman stands in a worshipping posture. The temple of Arulmigu Narasimha Swamy is built in the Dravidian style of architecture. The temple is carved out of the hill and is located at the foothills of the Namakkal Fort. The fort itself is another crowd-puller in the town. Every year, a 15-day Panguni Uthiram festival is organised during the month of March-April, when the processional deities are taken out in streets.
A spacious pathway of pillared halls leads to the main sanctum where the Lord is seen in a sitting posture, which has earned Him the epithet Asanamurthi. He is seen holding a conch and a chakra. There are two images under His feet, which are of the Sun and the Moon.
Here, we don't see Goddess Lakshmi seated on the lap of the Lord. Instead, there is Her image on a pendant. There are Lord Shiva and Lord Brahma on either side to pacify Narasimha Swamy who was still in His ferocious form. The temple is hence called Trimurti Sthalam. The palm of his right hand has a tint of purple, which the priests indicate as the bloodstains.
It was before Namakkal Lord that the great poet and a devotee of Lord Vishnu, Saint Purandara Dasuru composed the famous song 'Simha Rupanda Sri Hari Namagirishane'.
There are two other sanctums that house Lakshmi Narayana and Goddess Namagiri Tayar(Lakshmi). There is a temple dedicated to Lord Ranganatha(Vishnu) above the main temple.
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Legend of Namakkal Narasimha Swamy Temple
He was wondering where to place the stone, and He saw Goddess Lakshmi nearby. Hanuman then asked the goddess to hold it until he returned from His prayers. However, She warns that if He doesn't come in time, she may just place the stone on the ground.
When He returns, He finds that the stone had already been placed on the ground. He tries moving it, but it only grows heavier and larger with His effort, until finally becoming into a hillock. Narasimha Swamy then appears before both of them and expresses to make the hillock His abode. This hillock is today called Namagiri and there lies the rock-cut temple of Narasimha Swamy.
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