Ravvalakonda Narasimha

Ravvalakonda Sri Sri Sri Pavana Narasimha Swamy

Ravvalakonda is located in Banaganapalli, Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh in the yerramala hills of the western Ghats, about 200 KM northwest of Kadapa. Also it is located at a distance of 40 km from Nandyal and about 75 km from Kurnool, the district headquarters.

kandiya nrsimha-pade magibo kakhana

nirapade navadvipe jugala-bhajana

bhaya bhaya paya yan’ra darsane se hari

prasanna hoibo kabe more daya kari

It is the narasimha temple in India after Badrinath where Swayambhu Nara Narayana are worshipped at one place. In order to serve His Holiness, the gods from heaven have taken the shapes of rocks and trees on the hillock. In the early days, this Puranam (sthala Puranam) was told by the great Rishi Sutha to Shounakadi rishis, by Shri Vedavyasa deva to Janamejaya raja, Markandeya to Maharaja Chandragupta, by Vashishtha Mahamuni to Mandhata Maharaja as katha-parampara in detail. The word Nimbachalam is the combination of two Sanskrit words “Nimba” and “Achalam”. “Nimba” literally means “Neem” tree and “Achalam” means "one that does not has movement or life i.e. a hill". As it was covered by Neem trees it got this name.