All these various NaraSimha forms are worshipped for specific reasons. There are distinctive puja methods with their respective Mantras. One of the seats of a Grand Master of Vaishnavism (sub-religion which considers Vishnu as the One Supreme God) is in Ahobilam in Karnataka State. The presiding deity for the seat is Yoga NaraSimha.

AdhiShankara, the great Advaita philosopher, who unified Hinduism, had a Sishya(disciple) who was a worshipper of NaraSimha. When a pagan cultist wanted to sacrifice Adhi Shankara, it was NaraSimha who saved him. The body of the pagan was torn into shreds.

There is an interesting story about this disciple. He was doing penance in a forest for twelve years to get the full blessings of NaraSimha. By and by, a hunter came along and saw him in penance. He asked the disciple what he was doing. The disciple answered that he was seeking the NaraSimha.

"Never heard of NaraSimha! I've been born and brought up in this forest and yet know not! How does this NaraSimha look like?" asked the hunter.

"He has a lion's head and the body of a man."

"No such thing exists!"

"Yes! You are illiterate and dumb. You cannot know such things. He does exists."

"Oh Yeah? If that be so, I'll catch that freaky creature and bring it to you."

"Oh no, you can't. I've done penance for twelve years and still haven't managed to see Him. How can you, an uncouth ruffian, see Him?"

"Sezyu! I'll catch the critter and bring it in three days!"

With that, the hunter departed and searched. But he could not find the Man-lion. Day and night, he was thinking of its form. The very thought of catching it grew into an obsession. Finally, he could neither sleep nor think of anything else except about the lion.

The night fell upon the third day. Having failed in his quest and worst of all his wager, he took a rope, tied it to a tree-branch, made a noose and inserted his head. Just as he was going to fall from the branch and hang himself, he looked carefully around, trying to see if a last chance avails itself of seeing the Man-lion. But seeing nothing, he poised himself for his last plunge into oblivion.

Suddenly, he heard a roar. He looked below and saw the Man-lion. He climbed down and threw the noose that was to have hung him and caught the Man-lion. He brought it to the disciple and showed it to him. But the disciple could see no form. All he could see was a rope going up from the hand of the hunter and an empty loop which was suspended in the air.

Then he heard a growl. The disciple knew. He cried out in anguish, "My Lord! My Lord!

Why? I have done penance for twelve years and did long years of dedicated worship! You would'nt appear to me. But you would appear to a lowly hunter."

The Lord said, "My son! Your dedication was thin and stretched out. It was also distracted and long-drawn out. But the hunter wanted to see me with all his mind, heart, and soul. He would even lay down his life to see me. It was the intensity of his quest inspite of all his innocence and illiteracy that enslaved me to him."

Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple has dedicated a sanctum for NaraSimha. The Sri Krishna Temple has the figure of Narasimha on one of the sides of the main sanctum.