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Vedadri, NTR district, Andhra Pradesh · 16.8150°, 80.1250°
A hill temple on the Krishna river housing five forms of Narasimha, counted among the Pancha Narasimha Kshetras. It was patronised under the Kakatiya empire and renovated in the nineteenth century by Raja Vasireddy Muktiswara Prasad Nayudu.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
The demon Somakasura is said to have stolen the Vedas and hidden them in the ocean, whereupon Vishnu took the form of Narasimha to recover them and turned them into the hill of Vedadri beside the Krishna.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-28 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Kakatiya
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