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Singaperumal Temple

Singaperumal Koil, a famous Paatalaadri Narasimha temple. It is located around 45 km from the city, an ancient rock cave shrine to Narasimha. In Sanskrit "Paatalaadri" means a reddish hill.Constructed in Rock-cut architecture, dedicated to Vishnu, who is worshipped as Narasimhar and his consort is Lakshmi as Ahobilavalli. The temple was built by the Pallavas during the 8th century. Singaperumal Koil is a census town located close to Chengalpet and Maraimalai Nagar in Chengalpattu district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The temple is open from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. According to temple sources, this temple has been referred in Brahmaanda Puraanam. Lord Vishnu took the form (Avataar) of Sri Narasimha and killed the demon king Hiranyakasipu. At the time of Narasimha Avataar, this place was surrounded by dense forests. A sage called ‘Jaapaali’ was performing Thapas, praying Lord Vishnu. As wished by him, the Lord gave dharshan to him in the form of Ugra (fierce) Narasimhar. The main sanctum itself is a rock cut shrine on which the deity too is carved out of the hill itself. So, whoever wants to circumambulate around the temple has to actually go around the small hillock as Giri Pradhakshinam. Hence, Giri Pradhakshinam is very popular here. The main deity is seen here as Ugra (fierce) murthy, holding Paanchajanya (conch) and Sudharsana Chakra, showing Abhaya Hastha in one of His hands. Sri Narasimha Swamy here has 3 eyes and the third eye is shown by the priest while performing Haarathi.