Lakshmi Narasimha Temple: One of the eight sacred places of Lord Vishnu in India

One of the eight sacred places of Lord Vishnu in India, Lakshmi Narasimha Temple is a Vaishnavite temple.

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It is one of the eight mahakshetras Narasimha in India and is also known for it.

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It is situated at the foot of the Auspicious Hill in Mangalagiri, which is a part of the Mangalagiri Tadepalle Municipal Corporation, which is a part of the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, India.

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It is one of the three temples located on and at the bottom of the hill, the other two being Panakala Narasimha Temple on the hill and Gandala Narasimha Temple at the top of the hill.

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One of a kind in this part of India, it has one of the highest gopurams in South India.

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The eldest Pandava brother, Yudhishthira, is popularly believed to have founded the Lakshmi Narasimha Temple.

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One of the old Hindu religious scriptures, the Brahma Vaivarta Purana, is said to record the temple's history.

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The Vijayanagara rulers patronized this temple.

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At the temple site, there is an inscription from the time of Krishnadevaraya, who had visited the temple.

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A zamindari patron and devotee of Narasimha, Vasireddy Venkatadri Nayudu, built the temple's tall eleven-story Gali gopuram.

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