Oh …nag ….go slow….i said. He didn't listen to my words.drove the byke with speed of 90km/hr.i was enjoying the ride…a few minutes later, we had reached a temple called ‘Narasimhaswamy temple’.which located 5 kilometers from my hometown. Narasimha Swamy is nothing but another avatar of Lord Balaji.
Narasimha is an avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu, one who incarnates in the form of a part lion and part man to destroy an evil, end religious persecution and calamity on earth, thereby restoring dharma. Narasimha iconography shows him with a human torso and lower body, with a lion face and claws, typically with a demon Hiranyakashipu in his lap whom he is in the process of killing. The demon is a powerful brother of evil Hiranyaksha who had been previously killed by Vishnu, who hated Vishnu for killing his brother. Hiranyakashipu gains special powers by which he could not be killed during the day or night, inside or outside, by god, demon, man or animal. Coronated with his new powers, Hiranyakashipu creates chaos, persecutes all devotees of Vishnu including his own son. Vishnu understands the demon's power, then creatively adapts into a mixed avatar that is neither man nor animal and kills the demon at the junction of day and night, inside and outside.
Narasimha is known primarily as the 'Great Protector' who specifically defends and protects his devotees from evil. The most popular Narasimha mythology is the legend that protects his devotee Prahlada, and creatively destroys Prahlada's demonic father and tyrant hiranyakashipu. Narasimha legends are revered in Vaishnavism, but he is a popular deity beyond the Vaishnava tradition such as in Shaivism is celebrated in many regional Hindu temples, texts, performance arts and festivals such as holikaprior to the Hindu spring festival of colors called Holi. The oldest known artwork of Narasimha has been found in Mathura and dated between 2nd and 3rd-century who was a famous and powerful god in that village.the temple was located on the hills.it has dangerous road curves .which was unforgettable driving experience, what we enjoyed there. call to Naveen, he said. I had to call him.a while later, he came and joined us.visted to temple and got blessings.we had snapped pics and spent some time with full of joy..cheers….we moved to homes with full of satisfaction and happiness. Beautiful nature….and beautiful places…
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