Melkote Main Road, Pandavapura Taluk, Mandya District, Karnataka 571431
Yoga Narasimha Temple, Melkote
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Melkote Main Road, Pandavapura Taluk, Mandya District, Karnataka 571431
Melukote · Karnataka · India
Stala Purana
The soul of this place
Prahlada is said to have worshipped his shaligrama here, which transformed into Yoga Narasimha; Ramanujacharya and even Lord Rama are said to have worshipped here.
Highlights
Why this kshetra astonishes
- Yoga Narasimha crowns Melkote’s hill — yogapaṭṭa binding the knees, śālagrāma marks revealed in abhisheka.
- Ramanuja’s Abhimana Sthalam: the Acharya found refuge here, and the Lord’s daṇḍa still heals affliction.
- Three hundred sixty-five steps rise like a year’s offering toward the hilltop shrine.
- Tipu’s drum, Mysore’s bell, Wodeyar’s crown — royal seva still ornaments this quiet Yoga form.
Special details
Built during Hoysala rule; drum donated by Tipu Sultan, bell by Mysore Parakalamatha, gold crown by Krishnaraja Wodeyar III. One of seven holy Narasimha centres. Deity: Yoga Narasimha (seated with Yogapatta, Shaligrama chakras visible on the body during Abhisheka) Seated Yoga Narasimha atop 'Nava Narasimha' steps; 365 steps to the hilltop shrine.
Era · Hoysala period
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Śloka · Utsava · Yatra
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