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Narasimha Swamy Temple, Seebi

Seebi, Karnataka · 13.5306°, 77.0014°

Narasimha (Vishnu)Mysore KingdomDravidian
Sacred since
1797 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
c. 1797-1800 (Mysore Kingdom)
Mysore Kingdom

History & significance

A late 18th-century Dravidian temple to Narasimha built over roughly a decade by three brothers, sons of Kacheri Krishnappa, a Dewan under Tipu Sultan. It has a three-tiered gopura, a prakara wall and open and closed mantapas.

Sthala katha — the legend

B. Lewis Rice records that a merchant's pot of grain turned blood-red when boiled on a sacred rock here, and that the god appeared in his dream asking that a temple be raised in atonement.

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Sources

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