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Punsusila
Laxmi
Narasimha
Swamy
temple
is
situated
at
foot
of
the
Penchalakona
Vally
which
is
located
in
PenchalakonaVillage
of
Rapur
Mandal
in
Nellore
district.
Lord
Narasimha
here
is
Swayambu
swamy
who
is
here
since
Kruta
yugam.
This
is
30
km
from
Rapur,
70
km
from
Nellore
and
85
km
from
Razampet.
Nellore
is
best
convinent
to
reach
here.
History
of
the
Temple:
Penchalakona
temple
is
one
of
the
Nava
Narasimha
temples
which
all
are
located
with
in
Andhra
and
Telangana
states.
List
is
as
follows,
1.
Ahobilam
-
Kurnool
2.
Penchalakona
-
Nellore
3.
Kadiri
-
Anantapuram
4.
Simhachalam
-
Vizag
5.
Antarvedi
-
East
Godavari
6.
Mangalagiri
-
Guntur
7.
Vedadri
-
Krishna
8.
Yadadri
-
Bhuvanagiri
Yadadri
9.
Darmapuri
-
Karimnagar
Lord
Narasimha
even
after
killing
Hiranya
Kasyapa,
he
could
not
control
his
anger
and
he
came
to
the
forest.
To
cool
him
down,
Goddess
Laxmi
approached
him
in
the
form
of
a
tribal
lady
named
Chenchu
Laxmi
and
hugged
lord
at
this
place.
The
Hug
is
telugu
is
called
as
"Penu
Vesukonuta".
Hence
this
place
is
called
as
Penusila
and
later
changed
as
Penchalakona.
It
is
said
that
Lord
married
Chenchu
Laxmi
and
manifested
himself
as
huge
rock.
The
Annual
festival
of
the
temple
brahmostavam
starts
on
Vishaka
Shudda
ekadaashi
during
the
month
of
APR
and
May,
which
is
a
Major
festival
at
Penchalakona
and
is
celebrated
over
5
days
every
year.
Temple
Timings:
Morning
06:30
-
12:30
Evening
03:00
-
07:30
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