Thursday, April 20, 2006
Ashta-Mukha-Ganda-Bherunda-Narsimha
An interesting question came up on the yahoogroups asked by Sriman Jayant
"||Srimannarayana|| I have been a mute spectator of the group for sometime now. I recently found an article (very brief) on Ashta-Mukha-Ganda-Bherunda-NRsimha. With some google search, I could get some info that there is a temple of this scary form of paramatma in Andhra at Yadagiri-gutta. I am a Srivaishnava from Karnataka and my knowledge of Andhra and my devotion is limited to Tirumala and its lord. Could someone in the group kindly enlighten me on this aspect of the lord? I also read that this form is more tantric in nature. Is that so? if so, can Srivaishnavas learn more about him?
Thanks, Jayanth Dasa
||Sri Hari||"
Swamiji replied as follows:
"JAI SRIMANNARAYANA JAYANTHJI! YADAGIRI GUTTA IS A 100 KM DISTANCE TEMPLE FROM HYDERABAD. LORD LAKSHMI NARASIMHA IS THERE IN FIVE FORMS. ONE AMONG THEM IS GANDA BHERUNDA NARASIMHA SWAMY. THIS FORM IS NOT CLEARLY VISIBLE TO THE VISITING DEVOTEES AS THIS IS UNDER A STONE. LORD HERE IT SAYS, IS A SELF-INCARNATED ONE. THERE IN THAT TEMPLE HE IS WORSHIPPED ACCORDING TO SRI PANCHARATRA ONLY NOT IN TANTRIC WAY OF WORSHIP."
I did some Google search and found some more articles on this form of Lord LakshmiNarsimha. I have put up the links here for your perusal.
Legend of Yadagiri Gutta
http://www.indiayogi.com/content/temples/narasimhatemple.asp
http://www.hindubooks.org/temples/andhrapradesh/yadagiri/index.htm ¶ 10:13 PM
An interesting question came up on the yahoogroups asked by Sriman Jayant
"||Srimannarayana|| I have been a mute spectator of the group for sometime now. I recently found an article (very brief) on Ashta-Mukha-Ganda-Bherunda-NRsimha. With some google search, I could get some info that there is a temple of this scary form of paramatma in Andhra at Yadagiri-gutta. I am a Srivaishnava from Karnataka and my knowledge of Andhra and my devotion is limited to Tirumala and its lord. Could someone in the group kindly enlighten me on this aspect of the lord? I also read that this form is more tantric in nature. Is that so? if so, can Srivaishnavas learn more about him?
Thanks, Jayanth Dasa
||Sri Hari||"
Swamiji replied as follows:
"JAI SRIMANNARAYANA JAYANTHJI! YADAGIRI GUTTA IS A 100 KM DISTANCE TEMPLE FROM HYDERABAD. LORD LAKSHMI NARASIMHA IS THERE IN FIVE FORMS. ONE AMONG THEM IS GANDA BHERUNDA NARASIMHA SWAMY. THIS FORM IS NOT CLEARLY VISIBLE TO THE VISITING DEVOTEES AS THIS IS UNDER A STONE. LORD HERE IT SAYS, IS A SELF-INCARNATED ONE. THERE IN THAT TEMPLE HE IS WORSHIPPED ACCORDING TO SRI PANCHARATRA ONLY NOT IN TANTRIC WAY OF WORSHIP."I did some Google search and found some more articles on this form of Lord LakshmiNarsimha. I have put up the links here for your perusal.
Legend of Yadagiri Gutta
http://www.indiayogi.com/content/temples/narasimhatemple.asp
http://www.hindubooks.org/temples/andhrapradesh/yadagiri/index.htm ¶ 10:13 PM
