Tirumakudal-Narsipur
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Tirumakudal-Narsipur
Karnataka, India |
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 Tirumakudal-Narsipur
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| District(s) | Mysore |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Area • Elevation |
• 638 m (2,093 ft) |
| Population | 9,930 (2001) |
| Codes • Postal • Telephone • Vehicle |
• 571 124 • +08227 • KA-09 |
Tirumakudal-Narasipur is a panchayat town in Mysore district in the Indian state of Karnataka.
The name 'Thirumakudal' comes because, three rivers meet at this place. Cauvery, Kabini and Spatika sarovara. This is the only place in south India where three rivers meet, and the only place where Kumbhamela is held in south India. The name Narasipur, comes from the famous temple of 'Gunja Narasimha Swamy' present in this town.
This temple town is also famous for Agastheyshwara temple and other ones.
[edit] History
T Narsipur finds its mention in both as a tourist and pilgrimage for many reasons.
- It finds a mention as one of the Trimakuta Kshetras (holy places with the confluence of three rivers) in the Skanda Purana.
- It is also called as the ‘Dakshina Kashi’.
Rishi Agasthya had visualised it as 'Dakshina Kashi' long long ago. When he travelled down South to Narsipur, the town was a thick forest. Enamoured by the confluence of the three rivers - Kaveri, Kapila and the undercurrent of Spatika Sarovara - he wanted to install a Shiva Lingam there and asked Hanuman to get him a lingam from Kashi. Since the auspicious period lasting three-and-a-three-fourth of a galige was fast approaching and Hanuman failed to get the lingam on time, the sage created a sand lingam himself and consecrated it. An insulted Hanuman, who returned soon, cut off the top portion of the lingam and from the axed summit does the Spatika Sarovara flow out even to this day. The lingam that Hanuman brought was consecrated a little distance away and is called the Hanuman Lingam.
The Someshwara and Markandeshwara Lingam in T Narsipur and the Gargeshwara Lingam at Gargeshwari village, along with the Agasthyeshwara and the Hanuman Lingam, form the panchalingas of T Narsipur, just like the five lingams at Talakad.
A story is associated with Gunja Narasimhaswamy Temple. Legend has it that Lord Narasimhaswamy appeared in the dream of a washerman telling him that his idol lay beneath the stone on which he washed clothes everyday. The Lord told him to build a temple for him and asked him to look for gold coins beneath the stone which could be used for the construction of the temple. When the washerman expressed his wish to visit (Kashi) Varanasi on a pilgrimage, the Lord told him that the construction of a temple for him had earned the washerman an additional punya of about a gulaganji than that which accrues by visiting Kashi.
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001 India censusGRIndia, Tirumakudal-Narsipur had a population of 9930. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Tirumakudal-Narsipur has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 73%, and female literacy is 59%. In Tirumakudal-Narsipur, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
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