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Narasimha Shathakam  Story Behind Narasimha Shatakam: The Narasimha Shatakam is a powerful hymn dedicated to Lord Narasimha, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. The story behind the Narasimha Shatakam is rooted in Hindu mythology. According to the legend, there was a demon king named Hiranyakashipu who was granted a boon by Lord Brahma, which made him almost invincible. The boon made Hiranyakashipu arrogant and he believed that he was the most powerful being in the universe. However, his son Prahlada was a devotee of Lord Vishnu and refused to worship his father as a god. This enraged Hiranyakashipu and he tried to kill his son several times, but each time Lord Vishnu saved him. Finally, Hiranyakashipu challenged Lord Vishnu to appear before him in the form of a man-lion (Narasimha) to prove his power. Lord Vishnu accepted the challenge and appeared as Narasimha, a fierce creature with the head of a lion and body of a man. He then killed Hiranyakashipu with his bare hands, at the threshol