The Narasimha temple in Mysore adjoins the shrines of Maha Ganapathy, Vishweshvara Shiva and Vishalakshi shrines. These shrines were established in 1978. the 21st year of consecration was observed with reinstallation of the deities with “Punah Pratishtha Programs” . The three days of rituals started on 5th and concluded on the Narasimha Jayanti day - 7th May. Sri Swamiji gave only one speech on the 6th May. Here is the summary of the speech “I remember a story of Narasimha from my childhood. One of Sri Swamiji's paternal grandfather was a great worshipper of Narasimha (Upasaka). The Narasimha Jayanti was grandly celebrated by them. It was a nine day festival. I remember the festivities. I was a very small boy. My elder step brother used to carry my around. Once just before the festival the main Puja box with the idols was stolen. The ancestor roamed the town crazily looking for the Puja box and begging for its return. He went from village to village asking for information on it. In one such village, because of the summer heat, he sat in a house and asked for water and dozed off, exhaustion wearing him down. In the sleep he had a vision of Lord Narasimha. informing that the idols were was kept on a wooden beam couple of houses away from where he slept. He woke up in a daze. He went to near that house. He slipped and fell in front of the house. The family of the house took him inside and gave him food and bed for the night. Worried about the missing Puja box, he sang himself to sleep. In the middle of the night, the wooden beam broke open and the idols fell to the floor with loud noise. Of the idols found that night, Sri Swamiji still carries the Narasimha Saligrama and the Lakshmi Narasimha Idol. I remembered the story during Puja and decided to share the story with you all. The idols will be kept close to the Darshana queue. Come close and have a look at it. Sri Guru Datta

The Narasimha temple in Mysore adjoins the shrines of Maha Ganapathy, Vishweshvara Shiva and Vishalakshi shrines.

These shrines were established in 1978. the 21st year of consecration was observed with reinstallation of the deities with “Punah Pratishtha Programs” . The three days of rituals started on 5th and concluded on the Narasimha Jayanti day - 7th May.

Sri Swamiji gave only one speech on the 6th May. Here is the summary of the speech

“I remember a story of Narasimha from my childhood.

One of Sri Swamiji's paternal grandfathers was a great worshipper of Narasimha (Upasaka). The Narasimha Jayanti was grandly celebrated by them. It was a nine day festival. I remember the festivities. I was a very small boy. My elder step brother used to carry me around.

Once just before the festival the main Puja box with the idols was stolen. The ancestor roamed the town crazily looking for the Puja box and begging for its return.

He went from village to village asking for information on it. In one such village, because of the summer heat, he sat in a house and asked for water and dozed off, exhaustion wearing him down. In the sleep he had a vision of Lord Narasimha informing that the idols were kept on a wooden beam couple of houses away from where he slept. He woke up in a daze. He went to that house. He slipped and fell in front of the house. The family of the house took him inside and gave him food and bed for the night. Worried about the missing Puja box, he sang himself to sleep. In the middle of the night, the wooden beam broke open and the idols fell to the floor with loud noise. Of the idols found that night, Sri Swamiji still carries the Narasimha Saligrama and the Lakshmi Narasimha Idol. I remembered the story during Puja and decided to share the story with you all. The idols will be kept close to the Darshana queue. Come close and have a look at them".

Sri Guru Datta