Polur Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Temple

Polur Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Temple

Whilst casually browsing through DivyaDesam YahooGroups, I came across some information about Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Temple in Polur, which I wanted to share with other readers and devotees for thier information so that during thier divyadesa yatras, they would be greatly benefitted to visit this temple also and get the blessings of the Lord.

Temple: Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Temple atop a small and steep hillock with about 840 steps.
Significantly during night time, a bright light from the temple towards indicates that Polur is nearby.

Temple Timings: The temple is currently served by a single priest called Sekhar Bhattachariar who also looks after a small Perumal temple below. He goes atop the hill at 4:30 AM and returns back by 8:30 AM. A Chowkidar remains on the hillock opening the temple for visitors who come later. The priest also visits the hill atop temple in the evenings.

You can inform the Bhattacharyar in advance for group darshan and Thirumanjanam etc.

Contact Details:

V.Sekar Bhattachariar
17, Perumal Koil St
Polur-606803
Tiruvannamalai Dist
Mobile: 9842307594; 9443098358

Accesibility: Polur is situated on the state highway between Tiruvannamalai and Vellore district. It is about 33 Kms from the former and 48 Kms from the latter and 55 Kms from Vandavasi. Since it is also a Taluk headquarters, there is a good availability of hotels and accomodations and all buses stop here.

Nearest Places to visit: KETTAVARAMPALAYAM -- Here is a famous Rama Bhajanai Mandram which celebrates Rama Navami with grandeur every year. It is also the birth place of the famous Tamil writer Anuththama. It is about 20 Kms from Polur and en route to Veeralur or Melsolankuppam. These are small villages that are also colloqially called as ground floor of Javadu Hills.

Photographs of Polur Temple by S Rajagopalan (rajtha (at) gmail.com):

1. 1. http://picasaweb.google.com/Rajtha/20091207?feat=email#
2. . http://picasaweb.google.com/Rajtha/Polur?feat=email#