To the right of the temple main door is a Hanuman temple. You will also see silver deities of Lakshmi-Narasimha, which are quite striking in appearance and lends presence of seeing them. Jwala Narasimha is in the shape of serpent, while Yogananda Narasimha appears sitting in meditation in yoga pose. You take a stairway down into the chamber and then toward the back. The temple is in a cave about 12 feet high by 30 feet long, located in back of the temple hall, by the rear pillar. Historically, the temple has followed the Thenkalai tradition of the Vaishnava Agama Shastras as followed in South India. For this reason, the Lakshmi-Narasimhadeva temple on the hilltop has deities of Narasimha in all five forms embedded in stone in the main cave. Yada Maharishi begged Narasimha to remain on the hill in these forms. Being pleased with his penance lord appeared before him and manifested himself in five forms: Jwaalaa Narasimha, Gandabheranda Narasimha, Yogananda Narasimha, Ugra Narasimha and Lakshmi Narasimha. According to Skanda Purana, Yada Maharishi son of venerated Maharshi Rishyasringa performed penance here to Lord Vishnu as Narasimha.
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