8.3
purva-rite prabhu age gamana karila
’jiyada-nrsimha’-ksetre kata-dine gela
SYNONYMS
purva-rite—according to His previous program; prabhu—Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; age—ahead; gamana—going; karila—did; jiyada-nrsimha—of the name Jiyada-nrsimha; ksetre—at the place of pilgrimage; kata-dine—after some days; gela—arrived.
According to His previous program, Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went forward on His tour and after some days arrived at the place of pilgrimage known as Jiyada-nrsimha.
PURPORT
The Jiyada-nrsimha 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 Simhacala.
The temple known as Simhacala 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.
In 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-murti.
This smaller Deity can be moved from the temple and taken on public processions.
Priests who generally belong to the Ramanuja-sampradaya are in charge of the Deity worship.