Shri NarasimhaNarasimha Kshetras
Kshetras
Manikarnike Sri Gunja Lakshmi Narasimha Gudi

Baburayan Koppal (BR Koppal), near Srirangapatna, Mandya District, Karnataka 571401

Manikarnike Sri Gunja Lakshmi Narasimha Gudi

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Lakshmi Narasimha

Location

Place

Baburayan Koppal (BR Koppal), near Srirangapatna, Mandya District, Karnataka 571401

Near Srirangapatna · Karnataka · India

Stala Purana

The soul of this place

Legend of Bhrigu Maharshi's penance and Goddess Lakshmi joining Narasimha here; also a washerman-and-buried-idol legend that gave the site its 'Gunja' name, said to be more sacred than Kashi's Manikarnika Ghat by the weight of a gunja seed.

Special details

On the banks of the Cauvery near the confluence of Lokapavani and Cauvery rivers; inscriptions from the Krishna Devaraya period; managed by Manikarnika Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Seva Trust. Deity: Lakshmi Narasimha, holding a gunja (rosary pea) bead with a balance gesture in his right palm Consort: Sri Mahalakshmi Thayar (in sanctum)

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Sacred rank

Devotee notes

For the yatri

Temple timings — 9:00 AM–12:30 PM, 5:30–8:30 PM

Temple photo

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