Historically, the temple has followed the Thenkalai tradition of the Vaishnava Agama Shastras as followed in South India. For this reason, the Lakshmi-Narasimhadeva temple on the hilltop has deities of Narasimha in all five forms embedded in stone in the main cave. Yada Maharishi begged Narasimha to remain on the hill in these forms. Being pleased with his penance lord appeared before him and manifested himself in five forms: Jwaalaa Narasimha, Gandabheranda Narasimha, Yogananda Narasimha, Ugra Narasimha and Lakshmi Narasimha. Temple legend Īccording to Skanda Purana, Yada Maharishi, son of venerated Maharshi Rishyasringa performed penance here to Lord Vishnu as Narasimha. In 2016 a large expansion and rebuilding of the temple began and completed by March 2022. The temple is an abode of Narasimha, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Yadadri temple is touted as Telangana’s own Tirupati. Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple or simply known as Yadadri or Yadagirigutta temple, (also known as Pancha Narasimha Kshetram and Rishi Aradhana Kshetram) is a Hindu temple situated on a hillock in the small town of Yadagirigutta in the Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district of the Indian state of Telangana.
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