Divya Desams series - Ahobilam - Singavel Kunram

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AHOBILAM (Singavel Kunram) This Divya shetram is located near Arlagadda in Nandyal District of Andhra Pradesh. There are buses from Arlagadda to Ahobilam. The moolavar in the Main temple is Narasimhar also called Prahladavaradan, is in a seated form. The Thayar is Amritavalli. The

Theertham is Indra Theertham and the Vimanam Guhai Vimanam. The legend has it that Garuda desirous of seeing Lord Vishnu as Narasimha avatara, meditated Him and the Lord manifested Himself as nine forms of Narasimha. Besides the shrine for Ahobila Narasimhar at the base temple, there are eight temples on the adjoining Nellimala hill, almost all of them are to be trekked, and some of them arduous to reach. They are Varaha Narasimhar, Malola Narasimhar, Yogananda Narasimhar, Pavana Narasimhar, Karaancha Narasimhar, Chakra Vada Narasimhar, Bhargava Narasimhar, and Jwala Narasimhar. There is a

pillar near Jwala Narasimhar shrine from which Lord Narasimha is believed to have emanated and killed Hiranyakasipu. Mahalakshmi is believed to have reincarnated into the family of the tribal as Chenchu Lakshmi and Married Narasimha who was hovering around the hills after killing Hiranyakasipu. The Nellimala hills are personified as Adisesha with his head at Tirumala, middle at Ahobilam and the tail at Srisailam. Azhwar Mangalaasaasanam: Tirumangai Azhwar – 1008 (pasuram number as found in Naalaayira Divya prabhandam). The annual festival is during the Tamil month of Maasi. The local tribals celebrate the marriage of Chenchulakshmi and Narasimhar.Om Namo Narayana Padmashri Sampathkumar

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