Talk:Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha temple, Simhachalam

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The article says "An inscription dated as far back as 1908 AD of the Chola king Kuloththunga provides some clue as to its antiquity"

Shouldn't it be 1098 AD instead of 1908 AD?

-Prasanna Padmanabhan

because it is copied straight from the website--Matalababu 12:54, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

The article says The deity at Simhachalam, the lion-man incarnation of Lord Mahavishnu is usually covered with sandalwood paste. The original shape of the deity in the tribhanga posture has two hands with the head of a lion on a human torso

The actual shape of the deity is varaha avatar with the head of a boar on a human torso(the avatar in which he killed Hiranyakasha). The avatar is also present at the entrance of the temple.

History says The form of Varaaha Narasimha was assumed by him, then at the prayer of his devotee Prahlada, who wanted to see both the aspects of the Lord, the one by which he had already killed Hiranyakasha and the other by which he killed Hiranyakasipu.

The he was addressed by the Akasavani not to expose the image but cover it with sandal paste. It also added that the Lord should be worshipped in this form, and only once in a year, on the third day in the month of Vysakaha his Nijaswarupa can be revealed.

-Check the relevant websites Bharat B — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bharatbatchu (talk • contribs) 07:03, 19 July 2011 (UTC)