Narasimha Swamy in Puranas, Vedas
Once there was an ancient temple for Lord Narasimha, which was famously known as Sri Prahalada Lakshmi Narasimha Temple, and here Lord Narasimha appears in the main shrine along with his consort Ma Lakshmi and his staunch devotee Prahalada. This temple was supposed to be built by the Pandavas, but later it was submerged into the ocean, during the 5th century BC, at the time of Tsunami occurrence. The details about this temple were found in an ancient Purana. This temple was built by the Pandavas as per the advice given by Lord Krishna, in order to cleanse their sins in killing the Kauravas during the Kurukshetra war.
Pandavas after acquiring their kingdom from the Kauravas,began to construct this wonderful temple at Mathura city as a token of showing their love and respect to the Vishnu avatar, Lord Narasimha. This temple was built by the Pandavas after taking suitable guidance from the Divine Architect, Lord Vishwakarma. At the time of consecration ceremony of the temple, all the divine devas and even pious demons like Prahalada and Vibhishana were present there and received attractive gifts from the Pandavas.
Ancient people used to undergo pilgrimage to this temple, by considering it to be a holy temple like Kashi, Badrinath and Kedernath. The temple was beautifully engraved with golden pillars and it was very good in art and architecture. Holy Sages like Narada and Tumburu used to frequently visit this temple and would sing wonderful songs in praise of Lord Prahalada Lakshmi Narasimha.
For constructing this temple, Pandavas have used almost half of their wealth to make nice interiors and beautiful ponds were also created. This temple was considered to be a very big temple, and it spreads about 300 acres. Homes for the priests were also built nearby the temple, and food and water facilities were provided to them. Daily free food offering were also performed to the devotees during the time of Pandavas, and if this temple was presently available for public view, then it would have attracted the attention of the entire world.
Let us chant the below mentioned 108 golden names of Lord Narasimha in order to get his blessings:-
1. Om NarasimhayaNamaha
2. Om MahasimhayaNamaha
3. Om DivyasamhayaNamaha
4. Om MahabalaayaNamaha
5. Om UgrasimhayaNamaha
6. Om MahadevayaNamaha
7. Om Sthambha-jaayaNamaha
8. Om UgralochanayaNamaha
9. Om RaudrayaNamaha
10. Om SarvadbhutayaNamaha
11. Om SrimanayaNamaha
12. Om YoganandayaNamaha
13. Om TrivikramaayaNamaha
14. Om HarineNamaha
15. Om KolahalayaNamaha
16. Om ChakrineNamaha
17. Om VijayayaNamaha
18. Om JayavardhanayaNamaha
19. Om PanchanayaNamaha
20. Om parambrahmaayaNamaha
21. Om AghorayaNamaha
22. Om GoravikramayaNamaha
23. Om JwalanmukhayaNamaha
24. Om JvalamaalineNamaha
25. Om MahajvalayaNamaha
26. Om MahaprabhaveNamaha
27. Om NitalakshayaNamaha
28. Om SahasrakashayaNamaha
29. Om DurnirikshayaNamaha
30. Om PratapanayaNamaha
31. Om MahadamstrayudhayaNamaha
32. Om YudhaprajnayaNamaha
33. Om CandakopineNamaha
34. Om SadasivayaNamaha
35. Om HiranyakasipudwamsineNamaha
36. Om DaityadanavabhamjanayaNamaha
37. Om GunabhadrayaNamaha
38. Om MahabhadtrayaNamaha
39. Om BalabhadhrayaNamaha
40. Om SubhadragaayaNamaha
41. Om KaralayaNamaha
42. Om VikaralayaNamaha
43. Om VikarteNamaha
44. Om SarwakartrukayaNamaha
45. Om ShimshumarayaNamaha
46. Om TrilokatmaneNamaha
47. Om EshaayaNamaha
48. Om SarveshvaraayaNamaha
49. Om VibhaveNamaha
50. Om BhairavaadambaraayaNamaha
51. Om DivyayaNamaha
52. Om AchyutaayaNamaha
53. Om KavineNamaha
54. Om MadavayaNamaha
55. Om AdokshayaNamaha
56. Om AksharayaNamaha
57. Om SharvayaNamaha
58. Om VanamalineNamaha
59. Om varapradayaNamaha
60. Om VishwambharayaNamaha
61. Om AdbhutayaNamaha
62. Om BhavyayaNamaha
63. Om Sri vishnaveNamaha
64. Om PurushottamayaNamaha
65. Om AnaghastrayaNamaha
66. Om NakhastrayaNamaha
67. Om SuryajothisheNamaha
68. Om SureshwarayaNamaha
69. Om SahasabrahaveNamaha
70. Om SarvagnyayaNamaha
71. Om SarvasiddipradayakayaNamaha
72. Om VajradamstrayaNamaha
73. Om VajrakhayaNamaha
74. Om MahanamdayaNamaha
75. Om ParamtapayaNamaha
76. Om SarvamaothrekarupayaNamaha
77. Om SarvayantravidaranayaNamaha
78. Om SarvatamtratmakayaNamaha
79. Om AvyaktayaNamaha
80. Om SuvyaktayaNamaha
81. Om BhakthavatsalayaNamaha
82. Om VaishakhashuklabhutottayaNamaha
83. Om SharanagatavatsalaayaNamaha
84. Om UdarakirthiyeNamaha
85. Om PunyatmaneNamaha
86. Om MahatmaneNamaha
87. Om ChandavikramaayaNamaha
88. Om vedatrayayaNamaha
89. Om prapujyayaNamaha
90. Om BhagavateNamaha
91. Om ParameswarayaNamaha
92. Om SrivatsamkayaNamaha
93. Om JagadvyapineNamaha
94. Om JaganmayaayaNamaha
95. Om JagatpalaayaNamaha
96. Om JagannathayaNamaha
97. Om MahakayayaNamaha
98. Om DviroopabruteNamaha
99. Om ParamatmaneNamaha
100. Om ParamjyotishyeNamaha
101. Om NirgunayaNamaha
102. Om NrukesarineNamaha
103. Om ParathatvayaNamaha
104. Om ParamdhamaneNamaha
105. Om SachitanandavigrahayaNamaha
106. Om LakshminarasimhayaNamaha
107. Om SarvatmaneNamaha
108. Om DheerayaNamaha
“OM SRI PRAHALADA LAKSHMI NARASIMHAYA NAMAHA”
WRITTEN BY
R.HARISHANKAR