Then a most wonderful thing
happened . With unbearable and frightening thundering sounds the pillar broke
vertically and out came a most frightening form jumping out of the pillar. It
had a shining body drenching entire area in dazzling light. It had a heavy
human body and a frightening angry head of a lion with wide open mouth and
started roaring violently as if hungry . It searched for the frightened and
shivering king and caught hold of him. It was far bigger than the dazed king
who himself was of heavy build. It dragged the frightened king to the high
threshold and with wild angry roars sat on the threshold, tore open the stomach
of the king and started drinking the king's blood ! It was a most fearful
sight! Even the gods who appeared there were too frightened to go near this
angry lion form of Lord Vishnu.
The boy too was frightened but gained his composure and sang hymns
to the god. The angry lion- god cooled down after hearing the sweet voice of
the boy and after hearing the fervent hymns sung by the boy. The god crowned
the boy as the new king and disappeared . But the great anger of the lion
god had not subsided. He roamed the forests for days unable to control his
anger .
Even the trees in the forest burned because of his fiery anger.
The gods of heaven requested Goddess Laxmi (Queen of Lord Vishnu) to come
down to earth and pacify Lord Vishnu and bring him into his cool pleasant form
--a form as pleasant as moonlight . Goddess Laxmi transformed herself into a
most beautiful tribal princess as daughter of a tribal king and appeared in the
jungles where Lord Narasimha was wandering with wild angry roars . The lion god
was greatly attracted by the divine beauty of the tribal princess and
resumed his original holy form as a prince charming and world conquering
warrior and in due course married her .The tribal goddess is worshipped in the
many temples of Lord Narasimha in the Telugu country. The god now became known
as Lord Laxmi-Narasimha.
A temple for Lord Hanuman the mighty invincible Vanara god also
exists near every temple of Lord Narasimha. Lord Hanuman is a most devoted
disciple and friend of Lord Rama and was himself an invincible warrior god of
Vanara race. He is also a great deathless sage who is said to be still in deep
meditation in Himalayas and living there since millions of years. Lord
Hanuman always guards Lord Rama the earthly incarnation of Lord Vishnu and also
guards Lord Narasimha who is also another incarnation of Lord Vishnu. As such
we find a temple of Lord Hanuman near every temple of Lord Narasimha.
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