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Late medieval · Hindu · India

Lakshmi Narasimhar Temple, Narasinghapuram

Narasingapuram, Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu · 13.0253°, 79.8067°

Lakshmi NarasimhaVijayanagaraDravidian

Sacred since

1100 CE

first attestation / structure

Standing structure

Chola origin; Vijayanagara rebuild, 16th c.

Vijayanagara

History & significance

A Vaishnava temple at Narasingapuram in Tiruvallur district that preserves fourteen inscriptions, twelve of them Vijayanagara, recording patronage by Achyuta Deva Raya in the 1530s and endowments as late as 1608. Its earliest records date to Kulothunga Chola I and Vikrama Chola.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Vijayanagara