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Subject: Divya Desam series - Ahobilam
(Singavel Kunram)
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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