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ms • March 10, 2003 


Like the parasurama temple in thiruvanathapuram wich is very ancient in architecture and beacutiful the matsya temple is there near thirupati which also beautiful here is a copy which i have taken from TTD devasthams site and pasted. Namo venketesaya.

Sri Veda Narayanaswami Temple is located in Nagalapuram, 70 km south-east of Tirupati.

It is believed that Lord Sri Maha Vishnu, in the form of Matsya, killed the rakshasa (demon) Somakudu here, and retrieved the Vedas from the latter. 

The sanctum sanctorium houses an image of the Matsya form of Vishnu, with Sridevi and Bhudevi on either side. A peculiar feature of the idol is that it holds the Sudarsana Chakra in prayoga (ready for release). 

The temple was constructed by Sri Krishnadeva Raya, the Vijayanagara emperor, and is a fine specimen of the Vijayanagara style of architecture. 


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