DISCOVER THE DIVINE
“Mudigere sri Yoga Narasimha Swamy temple is in Hassan taluk, Mudigere, Karnataka. The deity of this temple is nine faces of Lord Narasimha. This temple is also known as a home of Sri Lakshmi Varaha Swamy who is the Shanta Murti for Lord Narasimha. The turmeric of Sri Yoga Narasimha Swamy is very powerful and widely famous.”
The temple is approximately 900 years old. This temple is believed to be built by Jakanachari during the Hoysala times. A beautiful Hoysala style Sri Yoga Narasimha Swamy is about 7 feet tall. The deity is in the yogasana position hence called as Yoga Narasimha. The temple is built about 10 feet above the ground. There are stairs to the temple and on climbing the stairs one can see the main mantapa of the temple and Infront of the main mantapa, there is a garbha griha which houses Sri Lakshmi Varaha Swamy.
Lord Vishnu is in the form of Yoga Narashima. The Saaligrama idol was emitting energy that burns the whole village with fire so people used to lock the door of the temple. The village suffered with drought, diseases, and much more. The villagers planned to reopen the door and they built a Garddasthamba in front of the statue but it was also blasted through that radiating energy. Some people left the village after seeing this. To control the fierceness of the god, villagers used a bunch of straw grass and opened the temple. When the doors of the temple were opened before, it used to burn the grass. So fierce was the power. But when Sri Ramanuja Acharya visited, he came to know about the ferociousness of Lord Narasimha. so, the deity of Sri Lakshmi Varaha Swamy was installed to stop ferocious Lord Narasimha.
Even today before opening the door of Sri Yoga Narasimha Swamy mantapa, the door of Sri Lakshmi Varaha Swamy is opened first. The first sight of Sri Yoga Narasimha Swamy always falls on Sri Lakshmi Varaha Swamy and only after that the devotees enter the temple.
The main festival at these temples are Sri Chandramana Narasimha Jayanti and Sri Souramana Narasimha Jayanti. The turmeric alankaram and panchamrita abhishekam for Lord Yoga Narasimha are widely famous.
