Narayanapet - Lakshminarayana Aalayam   

Narayanapet is one of the flourishing towns of Matkal taluq of Palamur district. It is of recent development and now enjoying the status of mandalam headquarters. But its original name was Yella, an insignificant hamlet lying on the border of Kayapalli estate. Ihe lords of Kayapalli popular as Lokayapalli Zamindars were great Vaishnava bhaktas. They were famous for their social service and devotional activities. They were Narayanopasakas both in name and acts. They preferred to be called Narayana, of course with different prefixes like Venkata, Iakshmi, Adi, Vira etc. In consequence their dynasty was full of Narayanas.

One among them, being extremely devout built this temple and named it lakshnti Narayana aalayam. He spent huge sums over the construction making provisions for all the essential parts. Enjoying royal patronage, this attracted bhaktas in large numbers due to performance of nityanaimithika pujas on a grand scale systematically. He dug such a huge tank with steps on four sides that thousand persons could bathe at a time. Many more shrines were built by the lords from time to time. Moreover the estate staff lived here due to good accommodation and congenial climate.

It lies in the Narayanapet of the Matkal taluq, the Mandal headquarters town of Palamur district of Andhra Pradesh, enjoying bus transport.

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