1. Anaimalai: Narashima perumal and Narasinga valli thayar".
   
   
   The temple is a cave temple. The place is on Trichy highway, 2 kms from Melur and 12 kms from Madurai. The temple dates back even before 6th century.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   There is no dwajasthambam in the temple, so urchavar is not taken outside the temple for rounds. The main door has beautiful carvings of gods
   
   
   
2. Thiru Mogur: Kalamega perumal temple.
   
   
   One of 108 Divya Desam. The temple is 13 kms from Madurai, and 9 kms south of Melur. Here the Pushkarani is known as Swetha pushkarani and vilwam is sthala vruksham of the temple.
   
   
   Main Deity: is Kala mega perumal and his consort known as Mohana valli thayar"
   
   
   
   Sthala puranam says Vishnu took, mohini roopam to distribute the nector to devas, and the place was originally known as Mohanoor.
   
   
   
   Importance: Nammazwar attained moksha after worshiping Kalamega perumal here. Chakkratazwar is something unique here. Manthras are incarnated on it, and the thiruvadi {padam} is rotating, which means at any point, he is ready to help one who worships him.
   
   
   Chakkratazwar represent Sudarshanar. At the back of Sudarshanar we see Narashimar and he is called as Narashima sudarshnar.
   
   
   Near the entrance of the temple, in a separate sanctum, we see pallikonda nadhar {Sleping posture} known as ksheerabdhi nadhar, both Sridevi and Bhoodevi thayar are seen near the leg side with their hands near the foot of perumal in praying posture.

1. Jaya veera Anjaneyar temple:
   
   
   
   The temple is located at Simhakal, Madurai.
   Main deity is swayambu Anjaneyar.
   
   
   Inside the main sanctum we see a small Vinayakar, garuda, and Yoga lakshmi Narashimar. We see Navagraha sannidhi here and vibudhi is distributed in this temple which is something different.
   
   
   Sthala vruksham: Illupai maram is sthala vruksham in this temple which is 300 years old.
   We see growth on the trunk of the tree which resembles Hanuman.
   
   
   
2. Thiru Appanoore
   
   
   
   One of 275 important Siva Devara sthalam.The temple is located to north of Madurai at 2 Kms distance.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Main deity: Swayambu linga known as "Thiru Appanooriswarar and goddess Kuravantamar Kuzalamai" in different sanctum. Teertham is Idapa teertham.
   
   
   
   The purana says during crises period there was no rice to cook and do prasadam, for Lord Siva. The archaka used mud to make the prasadam for Lord which, when it was cooked turned out to be cooked rice, and hence Siva here known as Annavinodhan.
   
   
   
   Lord Nataraja here is of stone, and Sivakammai idol is of copper. The other deities seen in the temple are Anugnai vinayakar, Nalwar, Pichadanar, Natarajar, Shanmugar, Sundra vinayakar, Kasi viswanadhar, Palaniandawar, Bairavar and Navagrahas.
   
   
   Sambandharsang hymns on Lord Siva of this place.

Lakshmi Narashima Swamy:


This is a cave temple on the top of a hill 60 Kms away from Hyderabad,6 kms away from Raigiri railway station.






Main Deity: Swayambu Lakshimi Narashima Swamy.


Once the sage Rishyasringa muni's son Yadagiri, who penanced here in the cave with the blessings of Anjaneyar on this hill between Bhongiri and Rayagiri in Nalgonda district hence the place is known as Yadagiri Gutta.


Lord was pleased with his devotion and appeared in five different forms. Yadarishi sought to see him with his consort Lakshmi on his lap.


We have to go through an entrance which narrows itself into a dark cave, to have the darshan of the main deity Lakshmi Narashima Swamy. Lord Narashima is found sculpured to the rock.


Alwars are seen worshipping Lord here. The rock formation in the hill are considered as Jwala Narashima and Yoga Narashima respectively.






On the hillock there is a Siva temple also.



Down the hill a kilometer away there is Narashima swamy temple which was the first place Narashima reveled himself.





As we climb few steps we see padam which denotes to Narashima climbed up to gutta from there.


Puranic knowledge city near Yadagiri gutta.





The place is still under construction and its going to get opened shortly.
Near the entrance we see a big statue of pancha muka Hanuman and pancha mukha Siva.



[Narashimar][Siva][Parvathi][Lakshmi]

1. Janakai Marriamman temple: This is 1600 years old.
   The temple is in cholavandhan, 28 kms from Madurai.
   
   
   
   Main deity: Swayambu Janakai mari in sitting posture. Sthala vruksham is vembu or neem tree.
   
   
   
   Importance: It is on the bank of vigai river. Parasurama was asked to cut the head of his mother by his father Jamadagni. Parasurama, did as he was asked, and Jamadagni muni felt happy and granted him boon.
   
   
   
   
   Parasurama asked for his mother’s life. His father asked to place the head and body together. Parasurama in his anxity placed the head to some other body, Jamadagni muni sprinkled water on the body and she came alive.
   
   
   
   The anger was there in Renuka devi, and to cool down her, Mari appeared and stayed here. We see Renuka devi in standing posture at the back of Marriamman. She is known as chanda marri.
   
   
   
2. Janakai Narayana perumal:
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Main deity is Narayana perumal with Sridevi and Bhoodevi in standing posture. we see Janakavalli thayar and Andal in different sanctums. The temple is in Cholavandhan adjecent to Marriamman temple.
   
   
   importance: King Janaka penenced here. He wanted Lord Vishnu to be his son-in-law. We find Jaya veera Anjaneyar. We find good sculptures to the pillars of main mandapam of the temple.