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Jwala Narasimha – About Jwala Narasimha form of Lord Vishnu

One of the most popular murtis of  Narasimha  Avatar of Vishnu is called Jwala Narasimha. This is the most fierce form of Narasimha. In this posture, he is tearing the body of demon Hiranyakashipu. Fire emanates from the body and hence the name Jwala Narasimha. Jwala Narasimha murti is depicted with four arms. Hiranyakashipu lies on the lap of the murti. Two hands are tearing the body of the demon. If we look carefully at the murti, one can find young Prahlada standing with folded hands. The murti is worshipped mainly in temples in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka. The most important Jwala Narasimha temples are located in Upper Ahobilam, Yadagirigutta and in Bidar. At Yadagirigutta  in Telangana, Jwala Narasimha is depicted as carving on a rock. The murti is associated with a serpent that looks like a flame.

Ishwara Gita Quotes

A collection of quotes from Ishwara Gita. You are the material out of which everything materialize the world, you are the tiniest among the tiny and the most magnified among the large sized.' You are the only one O Rudra! You create the universe, you also protect the whole universe having the form of the world and in the end it devolves unto you who have surrendered unto your shelter. Salutations unto you. You are express by the term omkara, the seed of emancipation, you are the permanent root of all the visible world and hidden. The sages who have eliminated their demerits visualize you who is truth verily and the sage dwell in you, you are self efflugent. In whom all this multiplicity appears, who is decayless, pure, and uniform something indeterminable; you are that form in which everything reflects truly. Ishwara Gita is found in the Kurma Purana – Shiva teaches about the Supreme Soul to Santakumara and other Rishis.