The fearsome half-man, half-lion

[AndhraPickles]

The fearsome half-man, half-lion form of Lord Nrisimhadeva inspires terror in the hearts of non-devotees and especially those who oppose the Lord and His devotees. And rightfully so, for Lord Nrisimhadeva is the most ferocious form of the Lord, a manifestation of the utmost anger of the Lord in response to the mistreatment of His dear devotee Prahlada Maharaja. What to speak of non-devotees, even servants of the Lord like Lord Brahma and the other demigods were afraid to approach Lord Nrisimhadeva. 

This form of the Lord is so fearsome that when the devotees of ISKCON Mayapur wanted to install a Deity of Lord Nrisimhadeva, they could find no sthapati (Deity-scupltor) willing to carve the Deity for them. As soon as the sthapatis heard that the Deity to be carved was one of Ugra Nrisimha, they would refuse to make the Deity. 

The devotees of the Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir had decided to install a Deity of Lord Nrisimhadeva after being attacked by a group of 35 dacoits in March of 1984. Lord Nrisimhadeva is the protector of His devotees, so what better way could there be of protecting the Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir than by inviting Him to reside there?  

It took many months until a sthapati was found who was willing to carve Ugra Nrisimhadeva. Even then, he did not agree at first.  The sthapati’s guru forbade him from taking on the commission, and warned him, “Don’t do it. Your family will be destroyed.” His guru told him that such Deities had not been carved for thousands of years, and that there was a place where such a Deity had been installed long ago that had faced many difficulties and become a ghost town after the standard of worship declined.  He said that the specific form of the Lord that ISKCON Mayapur wanted carved, that of Ugra Sthanu Nrisimha, was not even worshiped in the heavenly planets by the demigods. However, shortly thereafter, the sthapati received word from his guru that for ISKCON Mayapur, he could carve the Deity.

Now Lord Nrisimhadeva resides in the Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir, protecting and reciprocating with His devotees. Although the entire universe trembles in fear due to His formidable anger, in Sridhama Mayapur, His devotees experience the sweetness of His loving protection and mercy.  Because Deities take on the mood of the presiding Deity of the dhama in which they are situated and because the most merciful incarnation.

[dasara_bullodu]

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