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.
Few centuries before, during Palayakara’s rule, this place was famous for the
Gun powder, arms and ammunitions 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 as Marudur alias “Narasingha Chaturvedi mangala”. This place is also
considered as one of the Divya
Narasimha Kshetras.
Consort :
Sri Sowmya Nayaki & Sri Narasimha Nayaki
Some of the salient details are…
The temple is facing
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 are immediately after the Rajagopuram. The sanctum sanctorum consists of Sanctum,
antarala, Navrang / Ardha mandapa and a maha mandapa. The temple including out
side structure was renovated in the recent years and only few structures speaks
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 laps 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 ankusa. Prahlada is on the right and Garuda is on the left.
A nagara Vimana and vesara giriva is on the top of the sanctum with out any
images or the stucco statues. The koshtam are protruding out side the wall of
the sanctum are built in the recent years.
Vishnu’s various avathara reliefs
with cement and mortar are made on the prakara walls, which includes Vishnu
took the incarnation of Narasimha for
his devotee Bhaktha 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 which were built during the Hoysala period with soapstone,
while the prakara patadalakana and the gopura are of the 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 in to an agrahara. The Tamil inscription on the mandapa pillar mentions about 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 in to an agrahara. The Tamil inscription on the mandapa pillar mentions about 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
walkable distance from the bus stop.
LOCATION:CLICK HERE
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