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is 3 km from the temple. The temple is the Kuldaiwat (Family deity) for a number of Marathi families of different castes.
Nira Narsingpur is the famous for the "Lord Narasimha"(Lion Faced God) Temple.
This is family deity of some of the people. They do visit this temple regularly every year.
Nira Narsingpur is a village in
IndapurIndapur is a city and a municipal council in Pune district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.-Geography:Indapur is located at there is also another Indapur in Knokan region . It has an average elevation of 527 metres .-Demographics:...
taluka of
PunePune , formerly known as Punawadi or Punya-Nagari or Poona, is the eighth largest city in India, and the second largest in the state of Maharashtra, after Mumbai...
district ,
MaharashtraMaharashtra is a state located on the western coast of India. Maharashtra is a part of Western India. It is India's third largest state by area and second largest by population....
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IndiaIndia, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal...
.The confluence of rivers
BhimaIn the Mahābhārata, Bhima was the second of the Pandava brothers. He was son of Kunti by Vayu, but like the other brothers, he was acknowledged son by Pandu . He was distinguished from his brothers by his great stature and strength....
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Nira-Nira:*garlic chives*Nira, Maharashtra, town in southwestern Maharashtra state in India*Nira, Israel, village in Israel, today part of Beit Yitzhak-Sha'ar Hefer...
is 3 km from the temple. The temple is the Kuldaiwat (Family deity) for a number of Marathi families of different castes.
Temple
Nira Narsingpur is the famous for the "Lord Narasimha"(Lion Faced God) Temple.
This is family deity of some of the people. They do visit this temple regularly every year. This families have the local contact person who arranges for the stay and pooja in this place. Most of the people who stay here are dependant on the temple for there livelihood.
This Place gets its prominence because it is believed that Prahlad took bath in this Bhima river and with his hand he made an idol of "Lord Narasimha(Lion Faced God)" with the sand and worshipped Him.
The idol made of sand of "Lord Narasimha" is still intact by the magic of science.
This had been smeared in the past by the diamond powder by then Winchurkar's(Now Parvatikar) ancestors of the family all over the idol, which does not disintegrate the sand. This sounds strange but its true.
Recently within 2-4 years one person by name Mr.Dandawate who stays in this place got this the diamond mixture imported from United States and smeared it again on this idol to increase the life of the idol.
The story of the Lord Narasimha temple goes back to the history. In the olden times there was a demon called Hiranya-kashayap who was the king. He was an atheist who envied Lord Narayana (Shri Hari). The reason for which was his brother Hiranyaksha was killed by Lord Narayana earlier. Hiranya-kashyap was a self procliamed god. He was cruel to people who did not accept him as god. He punished the people who offered special poojas(Yagnya, Homa), conducted by sages to please Lord Narayana.However without his knowledge his wife worshipped Lord Narayana and she was a greatest devotee of Lord Narayana, by the virtue of which both the couple gave birth to a son who was named Prahlad. Prahlad was a not an ordinary kid. He was an extraordinary kid blessed by Lord Narayana who by birth had spiritual powers.His face glowed like a moon and he was filled with utmost devotion towards Lord Narayana unlike his father. As soon as the child prahlad was of age between 5-7 years, he was sent to Gurukoola(Residential School away from home where spiritual education takes place). Since this Gurukoola was owned by his father Hiranya-Kashyap, instead of worshiping the Lord Narayana they thought here to worship the idol of his father. He denied this started to chant Lord Narayana Mantra " Om Namo Narayanaya". This continued and all his school mates continued to meditate Lord Narayana only. When this came to the knowledge of Hiranya-Kashyap he was furious. He tried to convince Prahlad to chant his name and worship him like god. But Prahlad was hard core devotee of Lord Narayana he never agreed. Though Prahlad was his own kid the king did not forgive him he started to punish him by asking the soldiers to beat him up with the rope. But the rope turned into a flower garland by the grace of Lord Narayana. Like this there were several incidents which did not shake Prahlads faith towards Lord Narasimha.
The King and father Hiranya-Kashayap was fed up with this Kid Prahlad. Once he took him to the palace and wanted to check his faith and belief. The King Hiranya-Kashyap wanted to put an end to this story he asked Prahlad can you show me Where's your god? Where's Lord Narasimha? Show him now I want to see him. Prahlad replied he is everywhere and is omnipresent. King laughed at the poor kid and wanted to embarrass him so he asked the kind whether your Lord Narasimha is present in the pillar. Yes came the reply. King took is Gadha ( Weapon shaped like a dome in the top and which can be held at the bottom with two hands) and banged on the pillar. The pillar broke and the Lord Narayana incarnated as "Lord Narasimha (Lion Faced God)" and tear Hiranaya-Kashyap apart with the nails and killed the demon.