This river is said to have been brought by Maharishi Vashishtha, one of the Sapthrishis(seven great sages) of Hindu Mythology. As that place was made a stage or "Vedik" to perform the Yagam, it was named as "ANTARVEDI" It is a small village in Sakhinetipalle Mandal which is located close to Narsapur near the Bay of Bengal Coast and Vashishtha River. Lord Brahma, in order to get freed from the sins he had committed against Lord Sankara, had performed Rudrayaga and installed Lord Neela kantheswara there.
the age old jewellery of the god is being brought to Antarvedi and the idols of the Lord are being decorated during the Kalyanotsavam.Īlso known as "Dakshina Kashi (Kashi of the South), Antarvedi, is an important pilgrim centre in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh state in India, situated at the interior part at East coast. These jewels have been stored in a vault at the treasury department for the last 50 – 60 years. The lord and temple was gifted along with many priceless jewels from past kings, nobles and even the East India Company. Later, the present temple was constructed by Kopanathi Adi Narayana, a merchant who was also an overseas businessman. He was the former chairman of temple development and the hierarchical trustee of temple. Late Shri Raja Kalidindi Kumar Ramachandra Raja Bahadur also contributed a lot to the temple. Mogaltur Raja's are the traditional trustees of Antarvedi Temple, with this duty beginning in the 19th century. In the 18th century, Peddapuram Rajas were the trustees and were responsible for developing the temple. The temple's idol of Lord Siva was installed by Lord Sri Rama. There is also a temple of Lord Siva that is older than Narasimha Swamy temple. The temple constructed between the 15th and 16th centuries. Thus the great glory of the shrine is boundless. A more wish to visit this holy place, will bless the devotees with desired results. The residents of the shrine have a fear of the floods or of the drought. It is One hundred and eight shrines of Lord Narasimha.Īntarvedi is said to be the second Varanasi by the grace of the Lord. At the time of Mela, Antarvedi seems to be kaliyuga Vaikuntha. Special conveyance facilities are arranged for the convenience of the pilgrims coming from distant place to attend the annual Mela there. It covers a distance of about four square miles. Antarvedi is also named after the Lord as 'Narasimhakshetra'.Īntarvedi has the sea in the East and the South the Godavari in the West and the Raktakulya river the North. This shrine blesses the pilgrims with Mukti, and so it is also called the Mukti Kshetra. Then the lord is worshipped with panchamrita abhishekam. People from distant place, like Varanasi, also visit this place, especially to participate in Lord Narasimha's Chariot procession in the month of Phalguna (January) and dolepournami celebration in the month of Phalguna (March). One on nearly visiting this place, will be blessed from with multitudes. Performing ceremonial formalities to the ancestors at this holy-shrine is equivalent to these done at Gaya and Ganges. It is said that there will be no re-birth on taking a dip at these places and on offering charities there. There are five important spots of this Holy shrine namely. This place has glorious past, connected with several 'August Munies' such as 'Brahma' among celestials, Sri Rama among the incarnated and Vasishta among Maharshis. There are many other temples over here too like 'Nilakanteswara', 'Sri Rama, and Anjaneya' etc. This deity was installed by Lord Sri Rama and is said to be worshipped by Brahma himself. A temple of Neelakanteshwara (Lord Shiva) is also present which is located at the other side, almost nearer to the bank of Godavari, also called, Vasishta Godavari is a must see. Apart from the presiding Deity, Lord Narasimha Swamy, there are also Deities of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. On the east side of the prakaram(wall), is Goddess Rajyalakshmi and Lord Venkateshwara, to the north side is Bhoodevi and Ranganadha Swamy, to the west side of the prakaram is Santhana Gopala Swamy and Keshava Swamy, and finally to the south side of the prakaram is the Acharyas and Alwars sannidhi(small temples) and Chaturbhuja (four-armed) Anjaneya. After the darshan, one has to go around the sanctum, as there are different deities.