Vadapalli

This is one of the Pancha Narasimhar kshetram in Andrapradesh. (Vedadri, Vadapalli, Mattapalli, Mangalagiri, Ketavaram)

The Vadapally Lakshmi Narasimhar temple is situated in Nalgonda district near the town of Miryalaguda, at the confluence of the River Krishna and Musi River. These two rivers very unusually come together in the shape of an “L”.

There are Puranic references to the history of Lord Narasimha’s appearance at Vadapalli. According to the Puranas, Vyasa Bhagavan, knowing the piousness of the place, meditated for a long time on the manifestation of Sri Narasimha Swamy. The Lord benedicted him by manifesting in His ferocious Ugra form.

Vyasa Bhagavan experienced Lord Narasimha at the moment when His breath was filled with tremendous anger, so he concluded that the Lord had come to him just after killing Hiranyakasipu. Therefore, he prayed to Sri Narasimha Swamy to manifest at Vadapalli in that Form only. Accordingly, Lord Narasimha swamy manifested there to bless the devotees and to alleviate their suffering.

Even now, it is said that the Deity breathes in out. The temple priests have arranged two lamps here. One lights near the face of the Lord and the other near the navel of the Lord the lamp near the face quiver frequently , as evidence of the fact that the Lord is continually breathing in and out. The second lamp, kept below, burns resolutely.

Sri Narasimha Swamy is believed to bless the devotees with health and prosperity who pray to him soulfully. The sacred river Krishna has a very prominent place in the history of our country.

At the entrance and opposite to main sanctum is a seperate shrine for Lord Anjineyar and one at side when we come pradakshanam on the right side of the temple.