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Srimad payonidhi nikethana chakra pane
Bhogeendra Bhoga mani rajitha punya moorthe
Yogeesha shaswatha sharanya Bhabdhi potha
Lakshmi Nrsimha Mama Dehi Karavalambam

[excerpted from Sri Adi Shankaracharyas Lakshmi-Nrsimha Karavalamba
Stotra]

Meaning: Oh Great God Lakshmi Nrsimha, Who lives in the ocean of milk,
Who holds the holy wheel as weapon, Who wears the gems on the head, Of
Adhishesha as ornaments, Who has the form of good and holy deeds, Who is
the permanent protector of sages, And who is the boat which helps us to
cross, this ocean of misery called life, Please give me the protection of your
hands.
Pataladri Sri Narasimha Swamy Temple
Singa Perumal Koil


Location: 45 km to the south of Chennai close to Chengalpattu, Kanchipuram
District, Tamilnadu.


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How to Reach:

Nearest Railway Station : Singaperumal Koil. Chennai-Chengalpattu Section.

Nearest Airport : Chennai -50 kms

Nearest N.H./S.H. : NH 4. (Bus Service 60 C.)

Best to drive in an airconditioned tourist car from Chennai to Singaperumal Koil
starting early in the morning, and depending on the time spent there, one can return
before lunch, back to the hotel, as very nearby there is another temple dedicated to
Devanathaswamy.




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Singaperumal Koil is over 1,500 years old. It is also known as the Pataladri
Temple, because here Narasimha is in his Ugra Roopa. According to "Brahmanda
Puranam" the temple was surrounded by a big forest where Sage Jabali was doing
penance praying to the Lord to appear before him. The legend has it that at the
request of Sage Jabali, Narasimha, Singaperumal or the Lion God, manifested
himself immediately after he packed off Hiranyakashyapu to the nether world.



The Lord even now gives darshan to the devotees in the same form with four hands,
two of them holding Sudarsana and Panchajanya and the third in "Abaya
Hastha" pose with the fourth pointing towards the earth. Found in sitting posture
the Lord has three eyes, and wears the Salagrama and Sahasranama garlands.
The Goddess here is known as Ahobilavalli.

What is so unique about this Lord in Singaperumal Koil? Here the Lord has a Third
Eye, like Rudramoorthy and every time the temple priests perform the Arathi or
Deeparadhana, the Thiruman of Narasimhaswamy is lifted up for the devotees
to have a darshan of the Third Eye.

In the Narasimha Avatara, Mahavishnu destroyed evil, and it is believed that if one
gets the darshan of the Third Eye, all misery in life would be removed.



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It is a beautiful temple, on a hillock, with the fairly large idol carved out of a single
red coloured boulder. The Pataladri Narasimha-swamy is almost 8 feet tall, and red
faced.

Since the idol is part of a boulder and the hillock, if one needs to circumambulate
one need to do the girivalam meaning go around the hillock. As in most other
temples of Tamilnadu there is also a wish-fulfilling tree, the Mandapa and the Bali
Peedam.



So, you have had a darshan of the Lion God, you have done the girivalam and now
you start feeling hungry. Do not despair. The prasadam here is dosa, and podi,
sold inside the temple premises. Have your fill, pay them the cost and both your
mind and stomach is filled. One with food and the other with spiritualism.

Kaliyan Thirumangai Alwar sung ten songs about Lord Narasimha in Periya
Thirumozhi (Paasurams 1008 1017). This is being recited in this temple in the
prabanda seva daily.

According to the Vaishnava Sampradaya, there are about 13 other Sannidhis for
Sri Narasimha Perumal in Tamilnadu besides Singaperumal Koil. A number of them
are part of the 108 Divya Desams or are in one of the Divya Desams.

Festivals:

Brahmotsavam is on from June 2, beginning with "Angurarpanam" and
"Dwajarohanam." .On June 5, the Lord, mounted on Garuda Vahanam, will be
taken in a procession in the morning and on the Hanumantha Vahanam in the
evening.

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Sunday evening will find the deity going round on the elephant mount to the
accompaniment of fireworks. The temple car will roll out in all its splendour the next
morning and the festival will conclude with "Theerthavari" on June 11.

Special "Thirumanjanam" will be performed to the Moolavar idol in the morning
on June 12 and the Lord will be taken in procession in golden "Tholukkiniyan" in
the evening. "Vidaayetri" will follow, held for three days from June 13.

Festivals are held almost every month in the temple, which is under the control of
the HR and CE Department. The temple looks spotlessly clean after the renovation
and consecration on May 10, last year.

The First and Foremost among the Seventy Four Simhasanadhipathis insitituted by
Swamy Ramanuja Acharya is Vadhulakula Tilaka Sri Mudaliyandan Swami who
was named as Dasarathi by his parents. Sri Mudaliyandan Swamy was the Priya
Bagineyar(sisters son) of Swamy Ramanuja.He was the THRIDHANDAM and
PADUKA of Swami Ramanuja.
Swami Appachiaranna was the ninth direct decendant of Sri Mudaliyanda Swami.
Swami Annavilappan, Thirukumarar of Swami Appachiaranna lived in Singaperumal
Koil and as ordained by Lord Narasimhar, was rendering service to Sri Pataladhri
Narasimha Perumal. The Koil histroy records that The Lord of Singaperumal Koil
Pataladhri Narasimha appeared in the dream of Swami Annavilappan and ordered
him to set aright His abode which was covered under sand dunes. Accordingly Swami
Annavilappan constructed the temple agraharam for the Kainkaryaparas to live .
Swami Annavilappan lived his full life in the Service of Lord Singaperumal Koil.
Sri Mudaliyandan Swami Thirumaligai are situated at:
1. Singaperumal Koil
2. Srirangam
3. Thirunaryanapuram,Melkote
4. Srivilliputtur
5. Kancheepuram and
6. Velecherry,Chennai.
Varthamana Swami has kept the Singaperumal Koil Thirumaligai has his H.Q.
One can pay his respects to Varthamana Swami at the following Address.
Sri Mudaliyandan Swami Thirumaligai,
4/115,
Sannadhi Street,
Singaperumal Koil,
Chenglpet District
Tamil Nadu.
Pin 603204.
Phone STD 04114-64466.
Chennai Thirumaligai phone 2344080.
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Presiding Deity

Padaladri Narasimha Swamy
Prahlatha Varadha with Sridevi and Bhudevi

Thaayar

Ahobilavalli

Vimaanam

Pranavakoti Vimanam

Theertham

Suddha pushkarani

Agamam

Sri vaikanasam

Sthala viruksham Paarijatham


Timings:Morning :8:30a.m. to 12 Noon & Evening: 4:30p.m till 08:30P.m



Courtesy

http://www.indiadivine.org/audarya/sri-vaishnava-forum/450162-singa-
perumal-koil-chennai-tamilnadu.html
http://www15.brinkster.com/mudaliandan/ThirumaaligaiLocations.htm
Sriman Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan