The Lord here is believed to have emerged out from the roots of this tree Called Khadri in Samskrit and also called as "Maddi" tree in Telugu. His consort Sri Maha Lakshmi is called Sri Amrutha Valli Ammavaru and is in the adjacent Sanctorum. The construction of this temple is said to have been commenced during the regime of Paschima Chalukyas and completed during the time of Vijayanagar rulers.
Kadiri is in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh. The Thimmappa marrimaanu (World's Biggest Banyan tree spread over 11 acres of land. It got entry in the Guinness Book of world records 1989). It is located just 25 km away from Kadiri. Kadiri is famous for jasmine flowers, Kumkuma, and Silk thread (Pattu Daaram).
The temple of popular poet Sri Yogi Vemana is at Katarupalle is only 15 kilometres from this town.
We sponsored Annadanam here and also had free prasadam meals. There we met a lady from Anatapur, A Sathya Sai devotee and we shared a lot of experiences. Her name was Adilakshmi and her sister's name was Padmavathi. What a coincidence we thought. My full name is Padmavathi and my eldest sister's name is Adilakshmi. Swami makes the travel a pleasure!!!!
I forget the other small details of our visit.
The roads were very bad and all I remember is the Bus trip to Tirupati was ' taxing' !!!
The following is a copy and paste from another source:
Bhagwaan Nrsimha or Narasimha at Kadiri is Svaymabhu, meaning, self emenating, from the roots of Khadri tree. The Moolavirat is that of AshtaBaahu Sri Nrsimha (having eight hands) cleaving Hiranyakasipu and transforming into a more protecting persona with Bhakta Prahlada standing beside him, with folded hands, paying obeisances.
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