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State Temple
Simhachalam Temple
सिम्हाचलम मंदिर
Location
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
Darshan
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Deity
🪔Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy
Entry
Free entry
Situated on the Simhachalam Hill, it is one of the 32 Narasimha temples in Andhra Pradesh and extremely wealthy and popular. The deity is a unique dual incarnation: the boar (Varaha) and the man-lion (Narasimha).
Mythology
The demon king Hiranyakashipu threw his son Prahlada into the sea and placed a mountain over him. Lord Narayana rescued Prahlada by tilting the mountain. To ensure the mountain wouldn't fall, Narayana assumed the form of Varaha-Narasimha to hold it. Thus, the temple is situated where the Lord protected his greatest devotee.