But at the end of that life-cycle (Krita yuga), the temple was neglected and began to decay. He accomplished this after his father’s death at the hands of Narasimha. The form of Varahanarasimha (Dwayavathara) was assumed by him, on the prayer of his devotee, Prahalada, who wanted to see both the incarnations of the Lord, the one by which he had already killed Hiranyakasha and the other by which he would kill Hiranyakasipu.Īccording to Stalapurana, Prahalada was the first person to construct a temple round the Deity. Simhadri is thus the place where the Lord rescued Prahalada. But before they could complete their act Lord Narayana rescued him by jumping over the hill and lifting up Prahalada from the sea. His servant choose to drop Prahalada in the sea near the mount Simhadri with a view to place the mountain over him. Prahalada, protected as he was by divine grace, stood firm Hiranyakasipu as a last resort, asked his servants to throw his son into the sea and place huge mountain over him.
He made the elephants trample over him and set poisonous snakes against him.
Hiranyakasipu tried to mend the ways of his son, but when he found him to be adamant, made him undergo severe hardships. Son of Hiranyakasipu, named Prahalada became a devotee of Vishnu even from his birth and thus brought upon himself the wrath of his father. He added to his might the power of penance and began to punish the gods and sages, the devotees of Lord Vishnu. Hiranyakasipu wanted the entire world to worship him.
However, Lord Brahma said that was not possible so Hiranyakasipu asked Lord Brahma to grant him a boon so that he could not be killed by either animal or a man neither in the morning nor in the night, by any weapons, neither in sky nor on the earth. He wanted to become immortal and hence performed austerities (tapasya) to propitiate Lord Brahma. Hiranyakasipu wanted to avenge the death of his brother Hiranyaksha. Lord Vishnu killed him and delivered the earth from the clutches of the demon by assuming the Boar incarnation (Varaha Avatara). Hiranyaksha, seized the earth and carried it to neither regions. Hiranyakasipu and Hiranyaksha who are brothers and mighty demon lords bent upon disturbing the peace of the world. On a complaint filed by the temple management, police inspected the spot and pressed a dog squad into service to gather clues.The local Sthala purana contains a mythical account of the foundation of the Temple which relates to the well-known story of the demon King Hiranya-Kasyapa and his son Prahlada. They cut the grille door on the terrace to enter the first floor and then unscrewed the pivot to enter the store room, temple sources said. The thieves entered the store room of the temple, from the terrace using a rope. Staff of Kesh Kandana Sala (tonsuring centre) of the temple collect the hair and segregate them according to length and quality, which is then auctioned.Įxecutive officer of the temple K Ramachandra Mohan said around 15 bags containing “special grade” human hair were stored in a room near the Kesh Kandana Sala, of which 10 bags were stolen. Devotees tonsure their head and offer it to the deity.
Thousands of pilgrims visit the shrine every day from various parts of Andhra Pradesh, neighbouring Odisha and Chhattisgarh. Preliminary probe suggests that temple insiders may be involved, DCP (Zone-II) G Ram Gopal Naik said. Unidentified robbers stole 10 bags of “special grade” human hair valued at around Rs 10 lakh from the temple at Simhachalam, they said. Human hair worth around Rs 10 lakh was stolen from the Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple near Visakhapatnam, police said on Sunday.
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