The Kshetram has sea in the East and South and river Godavari in the west. On the North Rakta Kulya river flows. The temple is located in the village of Antervedi, Netipalle Mandal of East Godavari District. It is about 35 km from Rajolu. Number of Buses are available to take the pilgrims to this sacred place. From Narsapur of West Godavari, the devotees go by motor boats .The presiding diety of the temple is Sri Narasima Swamy.
Importance of the Temple
In Antarvedi who ever worships Lord Narasimha finds easiest means for achieving the ultimate Mukti. It is said that there will not be any rebirth to the devotees who take a dip in these places and offer charities. Performing ceremonial formalities to the ancestors at this Holy Shrine is equivalent to those done at Gaya and Ganges. In the month of Magha (January) the procession of Lord is taken on the chariot and Dolepournami celebration takes place here in the month of March (Phalguni). Antarvedi is said to be the second Varanasi by the grace of Lord.
There are 5 important places of this sacred shrine and they are
- The Sea
- The Sagar Sangam
- The Vasista River
- The Raktakulya River
- The Chakra Theertham
History of the Temple in Brief
Since Lord Brahma made this place as “Vedic” to perform Rudra Yaga to get free from his sins it is therefore called Antervedi. Raktavilochana son of Hiranyaksha with the boons granted by Lord Shiva unleashed terror in the region and also killed one hundred sons of Vasista. Vasista who was not present at the time of this horror, could witness the scene with his divine power in Brahmaloka. He therefore prayed Lord Narasimha to save further destruction in the hands of Raktavilochana. Lord Narasimha, therefore decended and fought fiercely with the ferocious demon. Since the demon was granted a boon, assuring that the number of sand particles denched by the drops of his blood take the form of his body, Lord Narasimha created Maya Shakti and chopped of the hands of Raktavilochana and ultimately killed him. Maya Shakti helped Lord Narasimha in preventing the blood of the demon falling on the ground, with the result no further bodies of the demon could be produced. Joyous Vasista, on an auspicious day, in the presence of all the gods consecrated the image of Lord Narasimha at Antervedi and all sang his glory. As the time passed, Antervedi became a Jungle, where a cow-heard called Keshavadas used to graze his cattle. On one day he found that one of his cows rained his milk at an anthill and returned home dry. To worried Keshavadas, Lord Narasimha appeared in his dream and asked him to construct a temple for him. The cow-herd with the assistance of the villagers constructed a temple at the anthill. The temple was further developed in 1923 by Sri Narendra Lakshmi Narasimha Rao in gratitude of the god in saving his ships from sinking in the sea.
Light House
Antervedi Lighthouse,previously known as Narsapur Lighthouse named after Narsapur point, is situated on the East Bank of Vasishta Godavari River entrance. The name Antervedi for the Lighthouse was adopted from the name of the nearby temple of Antervedi Narsimha Swamy. The lighthouse is about 40 Km from Rajahmundry Railway station.
A 2.5 m high Square Brick masonry column existed half a kilometer west of the present Lighhouse which served as a Beacon during the early years of the 20th century. This was probably the original Narsapur Point beacon.
The construction of the Lighthouse at the present site was taken up in 1966-67 and completed in 1970-71. The optical equipment with 1500W 110V incandescent lamps, supplied by M/s B.B.T., Paris, was installed on the tower. The lighthouse was commissioned in June 1971. The radio Beacon equipment supplied by M/s Nautel, Canada, was installed at the station and put on the air in January 1980. the DGPS equipment manufactured by M/s Leica Geo Systems, U.S.A as well as 500W transmitters of Southern Avionics Co make were integrated in April 2003 converting the Radio Beacon to DGPS station.
The main light source 1500W 110V incandescent lamp was changed to Metal Halide lamp 400W 230V in Septmber 1997. The emergency and main light source were modified to a cluster of three 150W 230V metal Halide lamps in August2004.
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