This is a very ancient Deity of Lord Narasimha and he was even before Lord Ranganatha came to this island here. As he was the principal deity in the last Kalpa and his mantra was chanted as the Yuga Dharma* (the duty one has to do for getting released from the material world) he is still much worshipped in India, but specially in south. In sri Rangam existed 4 main Narasimha deities protecting the area from the main directions, south on the other side of the Kaveri river you find a ancient Laxmi Narasimha (right now in renovation), in west you will find a yoga Narasimha inside the gopuram), in north you will find next to the thayar shrine on a elevated temple structure a very beautiful Ugra Narasimha (not well maintained from a greedy priest) and in east you find this kattigar (Forest) Lakshmi Narasimha Temple. The deity is huge and more then 2 meters high!
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