Yoga Narasimha Temple – Sholingur

Travel for few kilometers from Vellore to reach Sholingur Sri Yoga Narasimhar temple, one among the 108 Divya desams of Sri Vaishnavas. The temple worships Sri Yoga Narasimhar. Thirukadigai or Sholingur also holds the prestige of being among the Thondai Naatu divyadesams. The houses hold two hills. Larger one being named as periya malai and Smaller hill one as Chinna malai. On the bigger hill resides the deity- Sri Yoga Narasimhar. There are nearly 1300 steps to the holy shrine. In the temple below the hill resides Utsav deity, Sri Bhaktavatsala Perumal. The other deities worshipped in the temple are Lakshmi Narasimhar, Chakratazhwar, Kannan, Adiseshan and Garudazhwar, Amritavalli thayar, Namazhwar, Ramanujar, Senaimudalvar and Saptha Rishis Over the smaller hill resides the deity- Sri Yoga Anjaneya. One can see the deity after climbing 407. The hill has separate shrines for other deities as well. The other deities worshipped in the temple are Bala Ranganathar with Sridevi Bhoodevi, Sri Ramar with Sita, Lakshman, Chakratazhwar a Navaneeta Krishna The temple houses a holy tank named Takkan kulam or Brahma theertham. One can see the huge statue of Lord Hanuman and an arch at the entrance. The holy temple holds great faith among the devotees. The devotees believe that the god cures the ones suffering from a mental disability. Also, the one who visits here attain moksha.