MAATHA NARASIMHA, PITHA NARASIMHA BRAATHA NARASIMHA, SAKHAA NARASIMHA VIDYAA NARASIMHA, DRAVINAM NARASIMHA SWAMI NARASIMHA, SAKALAM NARASIMHA

Over 500 years old,  Lord Narasimha temple is located at the foot of Yaanamalai Hills near Madurai .

The unique speciality of this temple is thevaishnava  divya desam Perumal of Thiru Mogur “Kaalamegha Perumal” makes his annual trip to this temple on  ( March ) Maasi  Pournami to enact Gajendra Moksham episode .

The temple is located 8kms East of Madurai near the Melur Highway Road and 4 kms North of the Thiru Moghur Kaalamegha Perumal Divya Desam at the foot of the huge Yaanaimalai (elephant hill) is the Yoga Narasimha temple in Narasingam .

This place is referred to as the Gaja Giri Kshetram and this temple is known as ‘Kodavarai Koil’ signifying the construction of the temple by breaking the huge piece of rock.

Going by the inscriptions seen inside the  main (Moolavar)  Sannidhi, this temple may date back over 500 years. Legend says the great saint…