Hare Krishna!
Srimannarayan is also praised with the name Avatar Purush i.e., he is known for taking different avathars. But, many don’t know his incarnations and also temples for the special incarnation. We all know the temples of Sri Rama and Sri Krishna. But, there are temples for other incarnations too. Today, let’s know the temple of Matsya avathar of Sri Maha Vishnu which is the 1st one in Dasavathars.
Sri Matsya avathar temple of Sri Maha Vishnu is in Nagalapuram, Chithoor District, A.P. It’s some what nearer to Tirupati.
Sri Maha Vishnu took the incarnation, Matsya to kill the demon Somakasura and to protect the vedas.
History of the Temple:
A demon named Somakasura stole Vedas from Brahma and went into the ocean. By the request of devathas, Lord Vishnu thought to take an incarnation to protect Vedas. So, he took a form of Matsya (fish) and went into the ocean. He fought with Somakasura and finally killed him. He took Vedas from that demon. And gave it to Brahma.
It was said that Maha Vishnu in the form of Matsya gave Vedas to Brahma in Nagalapuram. And became a diety there.
This temple was reconstrcuted by Sri Krishnadevaraya. On the way to Sri Rangam, he visited this village and surprised for the beauty of the village. He gave orders to reconstruct this temple beautifully and also he named this village in the name of his mother “Nagaladevi” as “Nagalapuram”. Before it was called with different names like ‘Chathurveda Mandalam’, etc.,
This type of temple is very rare where Lord Vishnu will be worshiped in his Matsyavathar. Here, Lord is called as Sri Veda Narayana swamy and Goddess Mahalakshmi as Maa Vedavalli.
This is the entrance of the Sri Vedanarayana swamy temple.
There is another specialty for this temple i.e., 3 days yearly rays of the sun touch the Mulamurthy. First, it touches the feet of the Lord, second, body and third face of the Lord. Even utsavams are done on this occasion.
This temple is open from 6 AM to 8 PM. There are even Lakshmi Maa and Bhudevi near Moolamurthi.
Sri Veera Hanuman, Sri Sita Ramachandra, Sri Venugopala swamy, Sri Bhuvaraha Swamy, Sri Lakshmi Hayagreeva Swamy and some other upalayas are also there in this temple.
Utsava murthy of Sri Vedanarayana Swamy with Sridevi and Bhudevi in Nagalapuram
Unjal seva of Sri Vedanarayana swamy as Maa Saraswathi
Sri Vedanarayana swamy murthy will be half in the form of Matsya and other half as Sri Vishnu with four hands having Sankham and Chakram in the upper 2 hands.
We can also see Dakshina Murthy, Vinayaka and others idols too.
Really one should visit this temple which is a very rare one. Present TTD runs this temple. All the utsavas and sevas will be done according to Vaikhanasa Aagamam.
The below is the image of Sridevi Bhudevi sametha Sri Vedanarayana swamy Vimanam in temple.
Matsyavathara Govinda Govinda!!!!!
Om Namo Venkatesaya!!!
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