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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