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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n

History<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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This temple finds mention in \u201cbrahmANda purANam\u201d, with the following events:<\/p>\n

\u201chiraNya kashyap was an asura, who proclaimed that he himself was the Lord of his land (both earth and swargam) and that there is no other God. His son, prahlAdhAzhwAn, was a great devotee of SrIman nArayaNan. This constantly angered hiraNya kashyap, who had performed many penances and won several boons from brahmA and siva, with a unique boon by which he cannot be killed by man or beast, in daylight or darkness, inside or outside the house, by any of the known weapons, neither on the earth nor on the sky, not by cosmos, fire, water, wind or earth.<\/p>\n

prahlAdh never called SrIman nArayaNAn to protect him, but seeing his plight every time that his father abused him, SrIman nArayaNan decided to put an end to his troubles and took the form of \u2018narasimha\u2019, a combination of lion\u2019s face and man\u2019s body. He came out of a pillar when hiraNya kashyap teasingly asked prahlAdh whether his Lord was present in the pillar also. In his anger, \u2018narasimha\u2019 killed hiraNya kashyap with his bare hands, using his nails, by keeping hiraNya kashyap\u2019s body on his lap, at twilight time, on the door step, thus fulfilling all the conditions for the asura\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

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\u2018narasimha\u2019 had three eyes (thrinEthradAri) when he killed hiraNya kashyap. Around that time, the village singapperumAL kOyil (it was then called sengunRam) was surrounded by forests and sage jApAli was doing his penance in the forest. He begged the Lord to present himself as \u2018narasimha\u2019, the same form with which he killed the asura. The Lord fulfilled his desire and presented himself as thrinEthradhAri (with three eyes) and in an angry frame of mind (ugra vadivam\/form). The sage asked the Lord to remain in the village in the same form and thus the mUlavar that we see today came into existence.<\/p>\n

The temple was completed during the pallava kings\u2019 era as a rock temple, between the periods of narasimha pallavan and paramEsvara pallavan (circa 600 CE), as per historians (ref \u2018AgamakOsa \u2013 kalpathAru Research Academy’, bengalUru, 560018). There is an inscription in the rock behind SrI ANdAL sannidhi dating to chOzhA king 1st rAja rAja chOzhA (late 10th century \u2013 early 11th century, CE).<\/p>\n

Since the temple was completed as a rock temple, there is no circum-ambulation around the perumAL sannidhi. Instead one has to go around the hill (around 100 steps in all, both up and down) to perform circum-ambulation. Thus, the \u2018thrinEthra\u2019 dharshan and \u2018giri valam\u2019 (circum-ambulation around the hill) are special features in this ancient temple.<\/p>\n

The decad that thirumangai AzhwAr has sung on narasimha in singavELkunRam, in his periya thirumozhi, (1st centum, 7th decad) is sung everyday by the descendants of SrI mudhaliyANdAn in this temple. SrI mudhaliyAndAn\u2019s descendants have been accorded 1st thIrththam, and they take the lead in \u00a0aruLichcheyal gOshti, vEdha pArAyaNam etc.<\/p>\n

vimAnam:<\/strong>\u00a0praNavakOti vimAnam<\/p>\n

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pushkariNi:<\/strong>\u00a0sudhha pushkariNi<\/p>\n

perumAL\u2019s mangaLa slOkam:<\/strong><\/p>\n

lakshmi parIshkrutAnkAya prahlAdA AhlAdha kArINE
\npAtalAdri nivAsAya SrI nrisimhAya mangalam<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Deities\/uthsavams<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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There are several sannidhis and uthsavams that happen for the emperumAns, AzhwArs and AchAryas in this dhivya dhEsam.<\/p>\n