Lord Narasimha Killing Hiranyakashipu !

Narasimha Swamy or otherwise known as Mallikarjuna Swamy or Mallana in some parts of India

Narasimha swamy is one of the Forms of Vishnu who has emerged to save the world from evil forces and fight against cruelty and to give peace to the world or otherwise called as LOKA KALYANAM

Narasimha Swamy is a special God who is neither man nor animal; same like ganesha, Narasimha swamy has the head of Lion signifying the furiousness of the lord.

Lord Narasimha swamy is also known as Man-lion or half man and half lion. Lord is one of the popular gods worshiped since ages across the world.

Story of  Lord Narasimha Swamy Killing HiranyaKashipu

As the world is aware HiranyaKashipu is the ardent devotee of lord Shiva and follows him by heart and soul, being the king of His kingdom, hiranyakashipu was scared of death and always wanted to save himself, hence to do so he starts doing tapasya to please lord Brahma and ask for a Varam [boon / blessing], his request was to make him immortal from the forces of this world and have no death until he wishes.

Lord Brahma Delighted with the prayers of Hiranyakashipu, gives his darshan  [i.e appears in front  of him] and invites for his requests, hiranyakashipu asks lord Brahma  Kindly make me immortal as I want be the strongest who can be killed by no one and give me the blessing of not dyeing

until I wish to, for which Brahma refuses and states it is against the nature of human beings and cannot be granted

Listening to Brahma - King puts certain conditions of being immortal

•    I should not die if killed by a Man or Animal
•    I should not die if killed on earth or in Space
•   I should not die if killed in either day or Night
•    I should not die if killed in a house [indoor] or outside [out door]
•    I should not be killed by any weapons which are either animated or in animated.

Listening to the conditions Brahma accepts the wish and grants the blessing of being immortal and leaves

Prahlada the son of Hiranya Kahsyapu since the birth has only been the follower of Lord Vishnu unlike the king who only worships Shiva, in spite of his father’s dislike Prahlada continues worshiping lord Vishnu and never listens to the King hiranya kashipu, One fine day hiranya kashipu asks his son to show his god and prahlada states there is nothing in this universe where his lord is not present and he is everywhere, even in the pillars of the house out of frustration and anger Hiranyakashypu starts breaking the pillars which his gadha, and lord narasimha swamy comes out from one of the pillars and Kills him.

• As Hiranyakashipu had the blessing of not getting killed with conditions, lord narasimha swamy kills him in the following way
• lord narasimha swamy is neither man or animal, as he is lion headed satisfies the first condition
• Lord Narasimha swamy holds hiranya kashipu in his lap, which is neither space nor earth
•  With this sharp Finger Nails [which is neither a weapon, which is nor animated] tears his body
• As the condition was not to kill during the day nor night, narasimha swamy kills hiranya kashipu during twilight.