DharmaPuri Narasimha swami

About

The temple is situated in the karimnagar district, on the southern bank of the sacred river Godavari, Dharmapuri also called as "DAKSHINA KASHI" is famous one of the nine Narasimha Kshetras of the Telangana...

It is called so since a king called Dharmavarma ruled it. It is a punyakshetra because of its many great ancient temples. This place is with a great history and culture. Lord NARASIMHA along with the goddess laxmi is called as Yoga Narasimha, which is a rare darshana. And it is a punyatirtha because of its holy river Godavari. It is believed that DHARMAPURI was a place of rich religion, philosophy and spirituality. Many saints, sages, yogis and wondering monks visited this place .

History
It is called so since a king called Dharmavarma ruled it. It is a punyakshetra because of its many great ancient temples. This place is with a great history and culture. Lord MARASIMHA along with the goddess laxmi is called as Yoga Narasimha, which is a rare darshana. And it is a punyatirtha because of its holy river Godavari.

It is believed that DHARMAPURI was a place of rich religion, philosophy and spirituality. Many saints, sages, yogis and wondering monks visited this place and also stayed in this place to continue their worship, falling in love with its sanctity.

DHARMAPURI kshetra mahatmyam a look on the details of Dharmapuri, contains many details about this place. It is said that the great sage gautama stayed here and did a lot of penance in its eastern region. He installed a shivalinga also there. And today it is called as Gautameshwaralayam. Lord Dattatreya himself constructed an ashrama here for the benefit of wandering monks. Dattatreys temple facing the east on the banks of Godavari, gives a beautiful picture of sunrise. The serene atmosphere helped many Vedic scholars stick to that place and spread Vedic dharma.

People of Dharmapuri are found of holy bath in the pure waters of Godavari. People in their eighties also immerse their bodies in its waters. The place reverberates with sound of Vedic mantra recitations. Nityapuja is done so systematically even in smallest temples and goddess with rich annadana to the needy. The stone benches are the platforms for the Vedic scholars to hold assemblies on the spiritual topics. Dharmapuri is known for many great pauranikas who give excellent pravachams. Even today purana pravachana is a routine there where many men and women of all ages participate. Many poets like Sri.RAYAMBHATLA and SESHAPPA have written kavyas and satakams.

ANNADANAM..

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Chairman
Sri Laxmi Narasimha Nityannadana Charitable Trust
Po & Mdl : Dharmapuri ,
Karimnagar Dist
Pin:505425-A.P
Ph: 08724-273227.

Annadanam Donation Account No: SBHY0020141-62083402022 (S.B.H Dharmapuri Branch,Karimnagar,A.P)

How To Reach Dharmapuri :

Dharmapuri is well connected by Road from Various cities of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. The Nearest Railwaystation 'Mancherial' which is on Delhi-Chennai Highway is 40 Kms away from Dharmapuri.

Pilgrims have the bus facility from major cities of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra such as Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Jagtial, Vemulawada, Mancherial Nagapur Bombay Bhivandi and Nanded .Overseas pilgrims can have flight facility up to Hyderabad, the state capital of Andhra Pradesh and further it is connect by road. The pilgrims come from other states can have direct train link up to Mancherial and Ramagundam from there they have Bus facility.

Dharmapuri Temple is mostly visited by the floating devotees of near by places and the present facilities provided by the Temple Administration are adequate and meet the needs of the pilgrims. How ever the accommodation facilities should be increased at the time of "Brahmotsavas" and religious occasions.

Temples and other religious Places:

we must take a bath in river Godavari then visit dattatreya,santoshima,rama, saibaba temple and other temples near by Godavari. then visit sri laxmi narasimha swamy, venkateshwara and other temples..

1) Gomateshwara (Shiva temple)
2) Akkapalle Rajanna
3) Hanmandla Gadda Anjaneya Swami.
4) Godavari Mata Temple
5) Dattatreya Mandir
6) Five hundred year old sri Sita Rama Swami temple
7) Goddess Santoshimata Temple.
8) Kanyaka Parameshwari Temple.
9) Goddess Mahalaxmi Temple.
10) Saibaba Temple
11) sixty pillared temple
12) Mahalakshmi temple
13) Brahma pushkarini (Koneru)

Other Tourst Places near Dharmapuri:

Gudem - Shrine of Lord Satyanarayana swamy (10 Km)
Kondagaattu- Shrine of Lord Anjaneya swamy (45 km)
Vemulawada - Shrine of Lord Raja Rajeshwara swamy (70 km)
Basara - Shrine of Lord Saraswathi Devi ( 170 km)

Accommodation..

The following accommodation facilities are available for the pilgrims:
1) Soma Vihar(AP Tourism Guest House)
2) Kasuganti Narayana Rao Dharmashala(Near Busstand)
3) TTD Guest House (Near Godavari River)
4) Srinivas Guest House (Near Temple Complex)
5) Sri Vasavi Nitya Annadana Satram

For more details contact:
Executive Officer,
Sri Laxmi Narasimha Swami Devasthanam,
Po&Mdl Dharmapuri-505 425,
Dt.Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh, India

Working Hours

5 am to 7 am Suprabatha Seva
7 to 9am Abhishekam
9 to 10am Darshan
10 to 10.30am Nitya Homam
10.30 to11.30am Nitya Kalyanam
11am to 2pm Vishesharchana & Maharchana ,Darshan
2PM TO 4PM TEMPLE CLOSE
4PM to 5pm Vishesharchana & Maharchana ,Darshan
5 to 5.30pm Nitya Seva ( Pallaki Seva)
5.30 to 7pm Vishesharchana & Maharchana ,Darshan
7 to 7.15pm Nivedhana & Harathi
7.15pm to 8pm Vishesharchana & Maharchana ,Darshan

Other Temples in Dharmapuri

Brahma Temple
Unlike in the temples of other Gods and Goddesses, you can rarely see an idol of Lord Brahma in the temples dedicated to Him.

One such rare temple is in Dharmapuri where you can see the idol of Lord Bramha. As the Indian Mythology and the Epic s say, Lord Brahma is not prayed nor does He have a temple anywhere though He is considered as the Lord of nature. This is a result of a curse by Sage Brighu. In order to cleanse Him from this curse Lord Brahma invoked Lord Vishnu and got the boon to cleanse His curse and that he will have a temple and will be prayed in his form but that will be only in this place.

Satyavati Temple
This temple is on the south of the Nutana Narasimha Swami temple. Though the main idol here is of Lord Narasimha, the temple is called as Satyavathi temple. Couple s have a darshan of this temple in order to have a peaceful and happy married life. The main attraction of this temple is the Isuka Stambam or the Sand Pillar.

Brahma kundam
When Lord Brahma and King Dharma Varma prayed for the darshan of Lord Vishnu in the form of Narasimha swami, Lord Ugra Narasimha took sacrifice in a pond and by his meditation lost his anger and became Shanta Narasimha. Thus this place is called as Brahma Kundam. Local people believe that by having a holy dip in this pond people will loose all their sins. So this pond is also called as "Sakala papa vinasini .

Satyavati kundam
Satyavathi the wife of Dharmangada carried her husband who was transformed into the form of a serpent form over her head and travelled around the world meditating and praying to gods to cleanse her husband of the sins. When she visited this place and had a holy dip in this Holy pond her husband Dharmagada was transformed in to a human being. Hence this pond has been called as Satyavathi Gundam.

Rama Ligeswara swami temple

Ramalingeswara Temple literally means Shiva Linga which was installed and worshipped by Lord Rama. This temple is very close to the Narasimha Swami temple. Unlike the other Shiva lingas made of stone, this is made of sand stone and is very coarse in nature

Sri Nutana Narasimha Swami Temple
This temple is a pretty new one compared to the main temple of the Yoga Narasimha Swami temple. But this temple is also attracts lot of devotees and the devotees pray to the god ardently. The god here is in a sitting posture along with Goddess Maha Lakshmi by his side and teaching his disciple Prahalad

Sri Gautameshwara Temple
Sri Gautameshwara Temple is one of the ancient temples in Andhra Pradesh State.

A place with immense importance, Gautameshwara Temple s location is popular because Gowtham Muni (Sage Gowthama) brought the river Godavari to this part of the region and took it down all the way to Antarvedi and from there on to Bay of Bengal. This Sage seems to have stayed here for some time. For his prayers of he installed the Shiva Linga here. Hence this temple is called as Gautameshwara Temple