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AhObala kShEtra/ ಚಂದ್ರಮಾಃ  ಅಹೋಬಲ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ

ಅಹೋಬಲನೃಸಿಂಹಸ್ಯ ಮಹೋಬಲಮುಪಾಶ್ರಿತಾಃ|

ಅಸತ್ತಮಿಸ್ರಸಂಮಿಶ್ರಾಂ ಗಣಯಾಮೋ ನ ಸಂಸೃತಿಮ್||4||

AhObalanrusihmasya mahObalamupAshritAha|

AsattamisrasammishrAm gaNayAmO na samsrutim||4||

अहॊबलनृसिह्मस्य महॊबलमुपाश्रिताः

असत्तमिस्रसंमिश्रां गणयामॊ न संसृतिम्॥४॥

SUMMARY:  Having taken shelter under the vibrant power of radiation of Sri Nrusihma in Ahobala, we do not care for this family life, which is completely covered with the inauspicious darkness of bad people.

It is said that Ahobila was the capital of the kingdom of Hiranyakashipu. There is a temple dedicated to Lord Narasihma at the foothill, three temples each in the middle and atop the hill. All the temples are very ancient. Bhavanashinee and other rivers and rivulets flow here. The holy place is a part of the Eastern Ghat section, which contains several mountain hills and gorges. There are temples in Lower Ahobilam, Upper Ahobilam, which is about 8 km to the east and there are quite a few temples in the deep ravines.

This holy place is known for Nava Narasihmas. It is in Kurnool district in Andhra Pradesh and Ahobila has highly reliable surface transport connection.

There is a rock on which Prahlada, son of demon king Hiranyakashipu, Monuments of the palace of Hiranyakashipu and other objects bearing testimony to the killing of Hiranyakashipu by Lord Narasihma are found at Ahobila. One of the most powerful Narasihmas of the Nava Narasihma is Ugra Narasihma, the fiercest posture of Lord Narasihma.  The names of Nava Narasihma are: (1) JwAlA Narasihma (2) AhObila Narasihma (3) MAlOla Nrusihma (4) KrODAkAranrusihma (5) KAranja Nrusihma (6) BhArgava Narasihma (7) YOgAnanda Narasihma (8) Chatra Narasihma and (9)PAvana Nrusihma. Apart from the Nava Narasihma temples, there are temples dedicated to Pralhada. Historically, the Narasihma temples were set by Vijayanagara kings in 15^th and 16^th centuries. Later, the temples were ransacked by Mughal invaders in 1578.

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