27th January
2019.
After visiting the Kasi Viswanathar and Sri
Anantha Padmanabha Temples at Budanur, we headed towards Madduru. The place Madduru is on the banks of river Shimsha. A few centuries before, during Palayakara’s rule, this place was famous for the
Gun powder, arms, and ammunition manufacturing. Maddu - in Kannada means Gun
powder. Hence this place had obtained the name as Madduru. It was a flourishing
agrahara during the time of the Hoysalas As per the inscriptions this place was
called Marudur alias “Narasingha Chaturvedi mangala”. This place is also
considered one of the Divya
Narasimha Kshetras.
Consort :
Sri Sowmya Nayaki & Sri Narasimha Nayaki
Some of the salient details are…
The temple faces east with a 5-tier Rajagopuram. Except dwarapalakas in each tier, there are no
mages on the Rajagopuram. A Garuda gamba is in front. A 4-pillared mandapam with
Dwajasthambam is immediately after the Rajagopuram. The sanctum sanctorum consists of a Sanctum,
antarala, Navrang /ardha mandapa and a maha mandapa. The temple including outside structures was renovated in recent years and only a few structures speak
the glory of the past. The presiding deity Lord Narasimha is with 8 hands and
three eyes. Two hands are tearing Hiranyakashipu apart, who lies on the lap of
Lord Narasimha, two hands are holding the intestines of Hiranyakashipu which
appears like a garland on the transcendental body of Lord Narasimha, other four
hands are holding the weapons Chakra ( Sudharsana )/ disc, Sanghu/ Conch, pasha, and ankus. Prahlada is on the right and Garuda is on the left.
A nagara vimana and vesara giriva are on the top of the sanctum without any
images or stucco statues. The koshtam protruding outside the wall of
the sanctum was built in recent years.
Vishnu’s various avathara reliefs
with cement and mortar are made on the prakara walls, which include Vishnu
taking the incarnation of Narasimha for
his devotee Bhakta Prahlada, who
comes out of a pillar. In addition to this, there are sannadhis for Srinivasa,
Yashoda with Krishna, the Consort of Narasimha Sri Sowmya Nayaki and Narasimha
Nayaki, Sita, Rama, Lakshmana and Hanuman.
The garbhagriha,
Sukhanasi, and navrang were built during the Hoysala period with soapstone,
while the prakara patadalakana and the gopura are of granite. The plinth of
the temple which consisted of several horizontal moldings has been completely
covered by buttresses of brick and mortar of the later period.
Bhaktha Prakalatha - Narasimha - Hiranyakashipu
INSCRIPTIONS
A few inscriptions of Narasimha-I, are the earliest of the records available here. The 1179-80 CE, inscription is one of the earliest, mentions that the consort of Narasimha was consecrated. The 1179 CE, Narasimha-I, inscription on the adhisthana states that the village was converted into an agrahara. The Tamil inscription on the mandapa pillar mentions the donation of pillars.
A few inscriptions of Narasimha-I, are the earliest of the records available here. The 1179-80 CE, inscription is one of the earliest, mentions that the consort of Narasimha was consecrated. The 1179 CE, Narasimha-I, inscription on the adhisthana states that the village was converted into an agrahara. The Tamil inscription on the mandapa pillar mentions the donation of pillars.
Tamil inscription on a pillar
HOW TO REACH:
Madduru is on the Bengaluru to Mysuru bus route 22 KM before Mandya.
Madduru / Maddur is about 22
km from Mandya, 72 km from Mysuru, and 80 km from Bengaluru/ Bangalore.
The temple is a walkable distance from the bus stop.
LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE
---OM SHIVAYA
NAMA---
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