Simhacalam temple
Simhachalam is about 16km north of Visakhapatnam. Simha means “lion”, and chalam means “hill”. There is the famous Varaha Narasimha Temple here. Near the foot of the hill is the sacred Pushkarini bathing tank. There is a perpetual spring called Gangadhara by the Varaha Narasimha temple that is said to have medicinal properties. To get to Gangadhara, if you are standing facing the temple entrance, you proceed to the left until the end of the road, then turn right and again go to the end of the road.
Varaha Narasimha Temple (Jiyada-Narasimha) This temple, whose Deity is known as Varaha Narasimha Swami, is on top of a 240m (800 ft) hill about 16km northeast of Visakhapatnam. This Deity is about ¾m (2½ ft) high. He has a two-armed human form, but he has the head of a boar and the tail of a lion, thus making him unique. Simhachalam is one of the 108 Divya Desam temples and is one of the major Vishnu temples in India.
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