The Temple atop Scenic Hills

ugram viram maha-vishnum

jvalantam sarvato mukham

nrisimham bhishanam bhadram

mrityur mrityum namamy aham

"I bow down to Lord Narasimha who is ferocious and heroic like Lord Vishnu.
He is burning from every side. He is terrific, auspicious and
the death of death personified."

It was an unexpected visit to this beautiful unexplored place when travelling on the mysore bengaluru highway, never imagined that such a beautiful place exists in the near vicinity, it was a calling by the lord narahari , here is how the journey went on to the destination.......

travel some 6-7 km after channapatna on the bangalore mysore highway you will get this sign board and arch to your left as shown in the above

        after travelling some 2km inside the arch you will get this board which guides you to the hill

        the hill as seen from far

                                     the journey continues on the way to the temple on the hilltop

                                    finally reached the yoga narasimhaswamy temple on the top

the temple entrance and the temple as u reach the hill top & the serene beauty of nature which covers it from all sides.

the scenic beauty of the nature which you can relish on the top of the hills

And finally the darshan of lord narasimha on the top will make you delighted

                                              The deity of yoga narasimha inside the temple

lord yoga Narasimha here is a small & cute deity which is surrounded by Dashavatara of lord Vishnu.

here is how the lord came here.

  

                                                   History of the temple

The history of the temple dates back to 1200yr old, it is believed that when kanva maharshi did tapasya and meditated on lord narasimha on this hill ,lord narasimha gave darshan with his yoga narasimha form just like when he came out of the pillar to kill the demon hiranyakasipu and saved his devotee bhakta prahlada, hence it is also called as kambadha(pillar) narasimha,and the deity of narasimha here is said to be swayambhu(self incarnated), and he is meditating in yoga mudra posture, there is a dam built in the name of kanva maharshi in channapatna,and his hermitage is also said to be in the circumference of the temple.

In this temple the yoga Narasimha deity is of the form that is coming out from the pillar,the deity is small and very beautiful, and also there are deities of Dashavataram of lord Vishnu. the temple attracts huge crowd in the month of Shravana(July/august) and especially on Saturdays in the month of Shravana, it is said to be more crowded on these days.one's desires will be fulfilled when one prays in devotion to lord yoga Narasimha here as he is Bhakta vatsala.

All glories to kambadha yoga Narasimhadev!!

some more pics in and around the temple and one can hear the echoes of peacocks on the top!!

The temple is well developed and some basic facilities are available


TEMPLE TIMINGS
morning 9am - evening 5pm

Mode of transport:
its advised to go with ones own vehicle either car or bike. buses cant go because of narrow roads on hill. if ur coming by govt bus then get down in channapatna and take a auto or mini van .

CONTACT:
Pujari of the temple
Bharadwaj
mob:7259147662 / 9980631622
ph: 080-27262311

ADDRESS:
 Sri Yoga Narasimha Swamy Temple, kuranagere, channapatna taluk, ramanagara dist.
nearest city: bangalore(67km), mysore(70km)