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Ahobilam is a town and holy site in the Allagadda mandal of Nandyal district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. [1] It is surrounded by the Eastern Ghats with several mountain hills and gorges. It is the centre of worship of Narasimha , the lion-headed avatar of Vishnu , along with his consort Pratyangira , an avatar of Lakshmi .
The temple was built on the footprint of Lord Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy measuring 5 feet 3 inches. Temple times are 6.00am to 12.30pm and 2.00pm to 7.00pm. The temple is a popular location for marriage ceremonies. A grand car festival is conducted annually in the month of April.
The Ahobila Matha is a Vadakalai Sri Vaishnava monastery established around 1400 CE at Ahobilam in Andhra Pradesh, India following the Vadakalai tradition of Vedanta Desika. It was founded by Sri Adivan Satakopa Swami(An acharya for both Thenkalai and Vadakalai Srivaishnava traditions, known in purvashrama as Thirunarayanapuram (Melkote ...
Penna Ahobilam a is place near Anantapuramu, Andhra Pradesh, India, 12 km from Uravakonda and 36 km from Anantapur. It is well-linked by road with frequent bus services. It is well-linked by road with frequent bus services.
Lakshmi Narasimha Temple is situated in temple town named Antarvedi of Sakhinetipalle Mandal, located in the Konaseema district of the Andhra Pradesh state in India. The temple is situated at the place where the Bay of Bengal and Vashista Godavari, a tributary of the Godavari River, meet. [1] It was built in the 15th and 16th centuries.
The temple also houses the Ramanuja Kutam or the kitchen where the Naivedya (daily food offering) is prepared. [12] In 1992, Mukkur Lakshminarasimhachariar of Ahobilam, a staunch Narasimha devotee and vedic scholar, came to Mattapalli to perform a yagna as part of a series of similar worships across multiple Narasimha temples in India. In 1995 ...
The temple is open from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and has four daily rituals at various times of the day. Various festivals are celebrated in the temple, with the Chittirai Brahmotsavam during April–May, Narasimha Jayanthi, Pavithra Utsavam during Aani (June–July) and Maasi float festival (Theppam) during February–March ...
The temples in Ahobilam were damaged in the Deccan wars between newly forming Muslim Sultanates and older Hindu kingdoms by the early 16th-century. Ahobilam came under Vijayanagara Empire control after the 14th- century, and the temples underwent major reconstruction (The Lower Ahobilam temple is from the Tuluva period, 16th-century).