laxmi narasimha swami temple

THE LAXMI NARASIMHA SWAMI TEMPLE

Dharmapuri IS a small city which is famous for the temple of Lord Sri Laxmi Narasimha Swami. The city is located on the south bank of the river Godavari, near the town of Karimnagar. Dharmapuri is considered one of the oldest villages in Andhra Pradesh, famous for an ancient temple of Lord Vishnu, where the Lord takes the form of Narasimha Swami.Aunque the place is not very popular, but the temples of the artifacts, the items indicate that this small town has been a busy center and had a great cultural and religious significance since Vedic times. Many people say that this place is called as Dakshina Kasi, but in reality is called as "Dakshina Vahini" as the river flows from north to south. "Kumbh Mela", the great confluence of the holy water is carried out aquí.Mientras is on the visit to this temple, do not forget to turn an equally prominent and ancient temple near Dharmapuri. There is a Rama Temple Lingeshwara, which has a history that Lord Rama visited this place and installed the idol of Lord Shiva. He worshiped the idol (Shiva Lingam made of sandstone), as long as he stayed there. This temple was ignored for a certain period of time, but now the idol is worshiped with all the rituals necesarios.A few meters, there is another temple of Lord Narasimha, which appears as Narasimha Swami Nutana. The temple boasts of a story that some Brahmins (priests) from a nearby village found the idol of the Lord in the cave and consecrated there. This temple is said to be powerful and shows the number of pilgrims every año.Otro temple is to Gomateshwara (Shiva temple) which states that the idol to be consecrated by Rishi Gowtama at the time he brought the river Godavari to this place. Two other, the last place of origin temples, one dedicated to Lord Dattatreya and another to Lord Rama, on the banks of Godavari. These temples not find a mention in the Puranas. The festival is celebrated Kalyanotsavam the Lord in the month Phalguna (starts in February-March), which is attended by most peregrinos.Hay many legends associated with this place. This holy place with its presiding deity "Santa Narasimha Swami" mentioned in the Brahmananda Purana. Another United Nations published palm leaf manuscript written in Sanskrit under the title "Dharmapuri Mahatmyam Kshetra" describes the history of the Puranas and the greatness of this place, and the Lord with great detalle.Otra Legend has it that the Great King of Bali (Bali Chakravarthy) Dharma Devta Yagna performed here. King Bali made the people of his region to a vote that will follow the Dharma and live up to the right Dharma of life. So this town is called as Dharmapuri.La Jinavallagha Kurkiyala registration date AD945 mentions this people or Dharamapuramu Dharmavura