Om Namo Narasimhaya
Lakshmi Narasimha
At the threshold of dusk, from a pillar of stone, the Lord came for His devotee. Walk the nine kshetras, chant the hymns and keep the festivals.
ugraṃ vīraṃ mahāviṣṇuṃ jvalantaṃ sarvatomukham ।nṛsiṃhaṃ bhīṣaṇaṃ bhadraṃ mṛtyumṛtyuṃ namāmyaham ॥The Nava Narasimha Kshetras
Nine sacred abodes across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, as popularly grouped.
Bhagavata Purana · 7
The story of the Man-Lion
Not man nor beast, not day nor night, not inside nor outside. How the Lord kept every word of a boon and still protected Prahlada.
Read the story →Adi Shankaracharya
Karavalamba Stotram
śrīmatpayonidhiniketana cakrapāṇe bhogīndrabhogamaṇirañjitapuṇyamūrte ।yogīśa śāśvata śaraṇya bhavābdhipota lakṣmīnṛsiṃha mama dehi karāvalambam ॥O Lord who dwells in the radiant ocean of milk, holder of the discus, whose holy form glows with the gems on the hoods of Adishesha, king of serpents; Lord of yogis, eternal, refuge of all, boat across the ocean of worldly existence: O Lakshmi Narasimha, give me the support of Your hand.
"Give me the support of Your hand." Shankara's plea, verse by verse, in Telugu, Devanagari and IAST.
Open the reader →Ahobilam's nine forms
Inside the Nallamala forest, nine shrines, each linked by tradition to one of the navagrahas.
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