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Cheluvanarayana Swamy Temple
Cheluvanarayana Swamy Temple is located in Melkote in the Mandya District, Karnataka, India. The place is also known as Thirunarayanapura. It is built on rocky hills known as Yadavagiri or Yadugiri overlooking the Cauvery valley. It is about from Mysore and from Bangalore.''
==Temple complex==
The temple is a square building of large dimensions but very plain, dedicated to Lord ''Cheluva-Narayana Swamy'' or ''Tirunarayana''. The ''utsavamurthi'', which is a metallic image, representing the deity which is called ''Cheluvapille Raya'' or ''Cheluvanarayana Swamy'' whose original name appears to have been ''Ramapriya''. According to a legend, this metallic image was lost and was recovered by Sri Ramanujacharya. The annual report of the ''Mysore Archaeological Department'' states on the strength of epigraphic evidence, that the presiding deity of this temple was already a well known object of worship before Sri Ramanujacharya worshipped at the shrine in December 1098 CE. and even before he came to the Mysore region and that very probably he used his influence to rebuild or renovate the temple. From the lithic records of the period, existence of Tamil influence and Vaishnava worship in the area are also evident.
The temple is richly endowed, having been under the special patronage of the Mysore Rajas, and has a most valuable collection of jewels. As early as 1614, the Mysore king Raja Wodeyar (who reigned 1578–1617) who first acquired Srirangapatna and adopted the Srivaishnava faith, handed over to the temple and the Brahmins at Melkote, the estate granted to him by Vijaynagar king Venkatapati Raya. On one of the pillars of navaranga of the Narayanaswami temple is a bas relief about one and a half feet high, of Raja Wodeyar, standing with folded hands, with the name inscribed on the base. He was said to be a great devotee of the presiding deity and a constant visitor to the temple. A gold crown set with precious jewels was presented by him to the temple. This crown is known as the Raja-mudi after his name. A legend says that on the day of his death, he was observed entering the sanctum and was seen no more afterwards. From the inscriptions on some of the gold jewels and on gold and silver vessels in the temple it is learnt that they were presents from Krishnaraja Wodeyar III and his queens. Krishnaraja Wodeyar III also presented to the temple a crown set with precious jewels. It is known after him as ''Krishnaraja-mudi''. ''Vairamudi'' or ''Vajramukuta'', another crown of great value, seems to be older than ''Raja-mudi'' and ''Krishnaraja-mudi'' and it is not known as to who gave it to the temple.
All the three crowns are kept in the safe custody of the Government and brought to the temple on specific annual occasion for adoring the image of ''Cheluvanarayana Swamy''. The ''vairamudi'' festival, which is the chief annual celebration is attended by more than 400,000 people.
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