Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Someshwara Swamy & Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple, Nangavalli, Salem

Someshwara Swamy & Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple, Nangavalli, Salem
Nangavalli is located at 11.75°N 77.88°E. It has an average elevation of 385 metres (1263 feet). Nangavalli is famous for its Temple "Sri Lakshmi Narashimha Swamy" an Avathaar of lord Vishnu and Someshwara Swamy dedicated to Hindu Deity Shiva.


























The festival of the Narashimha Swamy Thirukovil will be celebrated by the nearby all the villages in and around Nangavalli. Draupathi amman festival is also celebrated in the month of April–May every year. In this festival a live demo of Mahabharata’s fight will be organized.































This is the only place where the event conducted lively in Tamilnadu. From Nangavalli water flows by gravity (without pump) to Salem (Nangavalli to Salem -36 km).This system was constructed and Inaugurated by British people before independence.