CC Madhya 8.3
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 3
- pūrva-rīte prabhu āge gamana karilā
- ‘jiyaḍa-nṛsiṁha’-kṣetre kata-dine gelā
SYNONYMS
pūrva-rīte—according to His previous program; prabhu—Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; āge—ahead; gamana—going; karilā—did; jiyaḍa-nṛsiṁha—of the name Jiyaḍa-nṛsiṁha; kṣetre—at the place of pilgrimage; kata-dine—after some days; gelā—arrived.
TRANSLATION
According to His previous program, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went forward on His tour and after some days arrived at the place of pilgrimage known as Jiyaḍa-nṛsiṁha.
PURPORT
The Jiyaḍa-nṛsiṁha temple is situated on the top of a hill about five miles away from Visakhapatnam. There is a railway station on the South Indian Railway known as Siṁhācala. The temple known as Siṁhācala is the best temple in the vicinity of Visakhapatnam. This temple is very affluent and is a typical example of the architecture of the area. On one stone tablet it is mentioned that formerly a queen covered the Deity with gold plate. This is mentioned in the Visakhapatnam Gazetteer. About the temple, there are residential quarters for the priests and devotees. Indeed, at the present moment there are many residential quarters to accommodate visiting devotees. The original Deity is situated within the depths of the temple, but there is another Deity, a duplicate, known as the vijaya-mūrti. This smaller Deity can be moved from the temple and taken on public processions. Priests who generally belong to the Rāmānuja-sampradāya are in charge of the Deity worship.