List of Lord Narasimham Swamy Temples in Kerala

Lord Narasimha is the fourth incarnation of Lord Maha Vishnu. Narasimha is in the form of Half Man and Half Lion and is considered as the most Ugra form of Vishnu’s form. This form is having a human-like torso and a lower body, but with a lion-like face and claws with Ugra form. He is believed as protector of devotees all the time.

Lord Narasimha took birth on earth to kill Hiranyakashipu, the cruel asura who was considered Lord Vishnu as his mortal enemy. He was the brother of Hiranyaksha, the asura who was killed by Lord Vishnu. Hiranyakashipu, thus challenging Vishnu and decided to kill Lord Vishnu’s followers. He was torturing all of the devas and his own villagers who are worshipping Lord Vishnu. He was forcing all of them to worship him, instead of Lord Vishnu. His son, Prahlada is an ardent devotee of Sri Vishnu. Hiranyakashipu started challenging Lord Vishnu and threatening the world by his evil acts. Since he found his son himself with Sri Vishnu’s side, he decided to kill his son. Whenever he tries to kill his son, Lord Vishnu save Prahlada with his powers. Hiranyakashipu with utter anger asked Prahlada to show his lord. He said Lord Vishnu is everywhere, even in the pillar right beside him. He thrashed the pillar into pieces and challenged him. Lord Narasimha came out from the pillar and killed the demon Hiranyakashipu.

Names of Narasimha Swamy:

Ugra Narasimha, Krodha Narasimha, Malola Narasimha, Jwala Narasimha, Varaha Narasimha, Bhargava Narasimha, Karanja Narasimha, Yoga Narasimha, Lakshmi Narasimha, Chhatravata Narasimha / Pavana Narasimha / Pamuleti Narasimha are the main narasimha deities, known as “Navanarasimha”.