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 Temple info -3354 கோயில் தகவல்-3354 Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple, Halepuram, Dharmapuri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple is a Hindu Temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu located in Halepuram Village in Pennagaram Taluk in Dharmapuri District of Tamil Nadu. It is said that Dharmapuri Sheshachari wrote the Narasimha Satakam. a collection of poems on the Lord of this temple. Legends As per legend, Lord Brahma installed the idol of Narasimha at this place after completing his Yagna in Hogenakkal. History The Temple is believed to be built in 15 th  century CE. There is an inscriptional slab dated to 1534 CE during the reign of Vijayanagara King Achyuta Deva Raya. The Temple This Temple is facing towards east. The Temple consists of sanctum, antrala, ardha mandapam and maha mandapam. The sanctum enshrines an eight-armed Ugra Narasimha. He is depicted annihilating the demon Hiranyakasipu and is about three feet tall. He is depicted holding with the head of demon in one hand & another...

 Temple info -3174 கோயில் தகவல்-3174 Sri Kalyana Kamakshi Udanurai Sri Mallikarjuna Swamy Temple, Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu This Temple is moreso called as Kalyana Kamakshi Temple by the Devotees. It is situated in a narrow street in  a residential locality  known as Kottai in Dharmapuri Town. It is said that this Temple had been built during the 8th century. It is a East facing Temple but it has another entrance on the South too. There is no Rajagopuram for this Temple. A stone Dwajasthambam could be seen as Devotees enter through the East entrance. A Nandhi Vahanam facing West towards the Moolasthanam is seen in a four pillared Mandapam. Beyond this is the Artha Mandapam which is a Architectural wonder. This Mandapam has few pillars and one of these pillars is stuck to the ceiling in a normal manner but the bottom of this pillar is not grounded to the floor but stands a few centimeters above the flooring similar to that of the Lepakshi Temple in Andhra Pradesh, Belur ...