Place · Narasimha hill temple · India
Yādagirigutta
Also known as Bhuvanagiri, Panchamurti, Sri Lakshmi Narasimha, Sri Lakshmi Narasimha (Panchamurti), Sri Lakshmi Narasimha, Yadadri, Yadadri, Yadadri, Bhuvanagiri, Yadagirigutta — Yadadri
A Telangana hill shrine of five-form (Panchamūrti) Lakshmī-Narasimha, carved in a granite cave above Bhuvanagiri and recently rebuilt on a monumental scale as the largest Vaishnava temple construction in modern Telangana.
- Function
- Sacred site & pilgrimage
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 17.590, 78.950
Connections (1)
- Companion in the same setAhobilam
Yādagirigutta and Ahobilam are both Telugu-country Narasimha shrines in natural rock — a cave above Bhuvanagiri and a forest gorge in the Nallamalas. Yādagirigutta's recent rebuilding has turned it into the largest temple construction in modern India, which is the sharpest possible contrast with the other's nine unimproved shrines. Ahobilam's Chenchu community claims Narasimha married one of their women, so the deity's consort there is an Ādivāsi and the forest people have a hereditary role in the worship.
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Sources
Hindu pilgrimage sites in India — Wikipedia
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