🛕 Religious📍 Heritage🏛️ Historical

Simhachalam Temple, Visakhapatnam

Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

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Overview

An 11th-century Kalinga-style hill temple of Varaha Narasimha, kept covered in sandal paste all year but for one day — Vizag's great pilgrimage.

Why visit: A sandal-covered Narasimha in a superb hill temple.

Things to do

›Varaha Narasimha
›Sandal-paste deity
›Kalinga architecture
›Hilltop setting

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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–Mar; Chandanotsavam (May)

Entry fee

Free–₹300

Est. budget

₹100–500

Duration

Half day

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Within

1.8 km

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