Sri UgraNarasimha Swamy Temple

This temple has sannidhis for Sri Ugra Narasimha, Sri Sowmya Nayaki, Sri Narasimha Nayaki, Sri Rama, Sita, Lakshmana and Hanuman, Sri Yashoda Krishna and Sri Srinivasan, and alwars. Mother Yashoda is seen breast feeding Lord Sri Krishna in the sanctum. Lord Brahma is seen held from Lord Sri Krishna's nabhi. In the final days of Mahabharatha Arjuna requested Lord Sri Krishna to give him a darshan of Lord Sri Narasimha. Lord Sri Krishna mentioned that this would not be possible as the Narasimha was a Ugra (angry) avatar. He requested Lord Brahma to craft a stone replica of Ugra Narasimha. This was installed in Maddur temple. In earlier days Maddur was called "Arjunapuri" as Arjuna worshipped in this temple. Later, Kadamba rishi worshipped here using the waters from a nearby river stream. The place was called "Kadambha nadhi kshetram" because of this. This place later became Maddur owing to kings using the place for making bombs for warfare. Maddu meaning gunpowder in Kannada.

Holenarasipura, Karnataka

Holenarasipura is situated in Hassan district, Karnataka. Nayakas ruled this place from 1547 to 1667. Kanteerava Narasaraja Wodeyar, the king of Mysore defeated Narasimha Nayaka and Holenarasipura became part of his dynasty.

The main attraction in Holenarasipura is an ancient temple dedicated to Lord Narasimha

 and river Hemavathy. The temple was first built by Narasimha Nayaka in 1168 and later was extended by the Mysore Wodeyars.

Holenaraispura is also known as Trikutachalakshetra as there are three garba grihas / Sanctum sanctorum in the temple. Idols of Lakshmi Narasimha, Venugopala, and Chennakeshava are installed in each of the garba grihas. In the common hall connecting to the garba griha, an idol of Ganapathy is installed

and Channarayapatna.

Nearby places are Ramanathapura, Mavinakere, Hariharapura, Basavapatna, Akkihebbalu, Kikkeri, Mosale, Holalu,

Annual car festival, Brahmarathosthava is an important event in this town.

River Hemavathy, a tributary of River Cauvery flows near the town. “Hole” in the name of the town means river and “Nara” means the presiding deity and “Pura” means town.