Tourist Place: Visakhapatnam.
Visiting Place: Simhachalam.
About Simhachalam: Simhachalam temple is situated near Visakhapatnam
in Andhra Pradesh, India.It is dedicated to the Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha
Swami. The great history of the factual devotee Prahlada Maharaja and his devilish
father, Hiranyakashyapa. Following a lot of ineffective attempts to kill Sri
Prahlada, Hiranyakashipu instructions, as a last resort, to throw Sri Prahlada
into the ocean and put a vast mountain over him.
However earlier than they could terminate,
Narayana relase Prahlada by jumping in excess of the hill and stimulating him
from the sea. Simhachalam, therefore, is the place where the Lord release
Prahlada.
It is also said that since the Lord jumped at once to release
Prahlada, the Lord’s lotus feet went into Patala. The local Sthala Purana says
that the Darshana of Lord’s lotus feet is available only to population of
Patala Loka.
Later than the death of
Hiranyakashipu, Prahlada have established a temple in the region of the idol.
It is believed that after Prahlada given over the empire to his son, he
worshipped the deity individually. Still at the end of Satya Yuga, remaining to
abandon possibly, a massive anthill gathered around the Deity. After the opening
of other Yuga the Deity was rebuilt bythe king of the lunar dynasty Pururava,who
is introduced in the Ninth Canto of the Srimad- Bhagavatam
Simha means Lion and Adri or
Achala means Hill. Simha + Achala= simhachala Simha+Adri= Simhadri (Lion Hills)
called as Hill of the Lion Lord. Simhachalam is one of
the eighteen "Naarasimha Kshetras". The most important god contained
by the temple sanctorum gives "Nijaroopa Darshan" (holy manifestation
in true form) for only 12 hours in a year on Akshaya Tritiya day, in the remaining
of period the god is enclosed with Sandalwood paste. The darshan represent as
'Chandana yatra' or 'Chandanotsavam' falls all year in Vaisakha masa (May).
The richest temples in India
first one Tirumala Tirupati Devastanam and second one is Simhachalam. The
Simhachalam best period of visiting to
the occasion of ‘Chandanotsavam’ in the months of March – April, as it is only
during this time that the devotees can get a glance of the idol and during in
winter season Oct to Mar the Visakhapatnam totally city has pleasant climate conditions.Ideally,
one can visit the temple and Visakhapatnam during the winter months of October
to March, as the city has pleasant climatic conditions.
Timing: Simhachalam
Temples opening Dharshan timings from
7:00 am – 4:00 pm and 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm.
How to reach in Simhachalam:
By Bus: The
Simhachalam temple is just 18 K M away from Visakapattanam. There are many regular
buses operated between Vizag to Simhachalam and the main bus stand is at
Vishakhapatnam. APSRTC operates buses like, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Rajahmundry,
Tirupati . There is bus facility from the foot of the hill to the temple for
every 10 to 15-minutes.
By Train: The
nearest railway station is Vishakhapatnamv from 20 kms. From well connected to Mumbai,
Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad and Bangalore.
By Air : The
nearest airport is at Vishakhapatnam, which is well connected with flights from
main cities.
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