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{{Short description|Vaishnava temple in Narasipura, Mysore, India}}
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Mysore]]
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The '''Gunja Narasima Swamy Temple ''' is a Hindu temple in [[Tirumakudal Narsipur|Tirumakudal Narasipura]], a town in the [[Mysore district]], [[Karnataka]] state, [[India]]. The town is located 20 miles south east of the historically important city of [[Mysore]]. The temple dates back to about the 16th rule of the [[Vijayanagara empire]] and is built in typical ''[[Dravidian architecture|dravidian]]'' style with an imposing ''[[gopura]]'' (tower) over the entrance gate (''mahadwara'') and a four pillared ''[[mantapa]]'' ("hall") in front of the sanctum.. The temple is located at the confluence of the [[Kaveri river]] and the [[Kabini river]] and is considered sacred by Hindus. The temple gets its name from the ''Gunja(Gulaganji in Kannada)'' tree (''[[Abrus precatorius]]'') that grows in the front of the main entrance; a boastful local claim is that the temple is more sacred than [[Varanasi]] (Kashi) by the weight of a gunja plant. Sculptures in the temple include those of the Hindu god [[Narasimha]] (holding a gunja berry and stalk) and the demon King [[Hiranyakashipu]].<ref name="hiranya">{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-districtplus/ancient-shrine-wears-a-new-look/article1530137.ece|title=Ancient shrine wears a new look|work=R Krishna Kumar|publisher=The Hindu|accessdate=10 June 2015}}</ref>

According to the [[British Raj]] era historian and [[epigraphy|epigraphist]] [[B. Lewis Rice]], the temple was in the patronage of the ''Dalavoy'' of Mysore ("feudal lord") with an annual maintenance. Records indicate the temple underwent repairs and embellishments during this time.<ref name="gunja">Rice B.L. (1887), p312, ''Mysore: A Gazetteer Compiled for Government - vol 2'', Asian Educational Services, {{ISBN|81-206-0977-8}}</ref> The temple is a protected monument under the Karnataka state division of the [[Archaeological Survey of India]].<ref name="protected">{{cite web |url=http://asi.nic.in/asi_protected_monu_karnataka.asp|title=Protected Monuments in Karnataka|work=Archaeological Survey of India, Government of India|publisher=Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts|accessdate=2 June 2015}}</ref> There is another temple close by, called the "Agastyeshwara" temple, and both temples are the venue of a religious fair (''[[Yatra|Jatra]]'') that is held annually attracting large number of devotees.<ref name="hiranya"/>

==Gallery==
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File:Renovated temple complex of Gunjanarasimha Swamy Temple at T. Narasipur.jpg|Gunja Narasimha Swamy temple complex, from outside the ''[[prakara]]'' at Tirumakudal Narasipura
File:View from the rear in the Gunjanarasimhaswamy temple at Tirumakudal Narasipura.JPG|View from the rear in the Gunjanarasimhaswamy temple at Tirumakudal Narasipura
File:Decorative door jamb and lintel over a minor shrine entrance in the Gunjanarasimhaswamy temple complex at Tirumakudal Narasipura.jpg|Decorative door jamb and lintel over a minor shrine in the rear ''[[prakara]]'' of the Gunja Narasimha Swamy temple at Tirumakudal Narasipura
File:Pillared entrance to mantapa of Gunjanarasimhaswamy temple at Tirumakudal Narasipura.JPG|Pillared entrance to ''[[mantapa]]'' of the Gunja Narasimhaswamy temple at Tirumakudal Narasipura
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Hindu temples in Karnataka}}

[[Category:16th-century Hindu temples]]
[[Category:Hindu temples in Mysore district]]
[[Category:Narasimha temples]]

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