JAGGAYYAPET

Vedadri
The Vedadri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple is located on the river Krishna, approximately 10 kms from Jaggaiahpet. Here the main deity is: Yogananda Lakshmi Narasihma Swamy.

The importance of this place is: Here the Lord is existing in five forms different from each other known as Pancha Narasimha Moorthy, namely Jwala Narasimha on vedasikhara of the mountains, Saligrahma Narasimha in the River Krishnaveni, Yogananda Narasimha erected by sage Rishya Sringar, as Lakshmi Narasimhar on his own peetam and Veera Narasimhar on Garudadri situated at a distance of 5kms from east to Vedadri.

The Brahma Purana says Somasura stole the Vedas from Brahma, and hid himself into the ocean. Lord Brahma approached Lord Vishnu to help him out to get back the Vedas from the asura. Sriman Narayana took the form of fish {Mathsaya Avatara} and entered deep into the ocean and rescued Vedas from asura. The Vedas took human form and thanked Lord Vishnu, and asked Lord to stay with them on their heads. Lord agreed to stay till the time comes and he asked them to stay in River Krishnaveni as Saligrama stone. After Hiranaya kasyapa vadha, Lord Narayanar who incarnated himself as Narasimha Swamy, stayed as Jwala Narasimhar on the mountains head at Vedadri in fulfillment of his words to Veda Purushas. Lord Brahma requested Jwala Narasimha to stay at Sathya loka as Saligrahama, and Lord Narasimhar obliged to do so. Even before Lord Brahma could offer his prayer to Lord, sathya lokha was consumed in flames. Lord brahma personally brought the Saligrahma moorty to the River Krishnaveni and erected it on the Saligrahma mountain. Krishnaveni prayed to Narayanar, to allow her to worship him daily. Here Lord Lakshi Narshimar the incarnation of Sriman Narayanar fulfilled the desire of both veda purusha and river Krishnaveni.

The temple structure is conventional, being brightly colored and ornamented with a variety of images. A beautiful Form of Narasimha Swami in yoga pose (below) greets devotees on the outside of the temple. The Lord is joined by murtis of Lord Varaha, Laksmi devi, Garuda, Hanuman, and other transcendental personalities and figures. The utsava idols are extraordinarily high and impressive, and the Dwajasthamba of imposing girth and height. In the waters of the Krishna River, Lord Narasimhar can also be found in Salagram form.