Sri Simhachala Kshetra Mahima is a 1965 Telugu film written and directed by B. V. Prasad on his debut.

The film is based on the stories related to Sri Varaha Narasimha Kshetram of Simhachalam

Simhachalam

Simhadri or Simhachalam temple is a Hindu temple located near Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, South India. It is dedicated to the incarnation of Vishnu known as Narasimha...

 in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

.

The plot

The story begins with Mahavishnu in Narasimha

Narasimha

Narasimha or Nrusimha , also spelt as Narasingh and Narasingha, whose name literally translates from Sanskrit as "Man-lion", is an avatar of Vishnu described in the Puranas, Upanishads and other ancient religious texts of Hinduism...

 Avatar killing Hiranyakashipu

Hiranyakashipu

Hiranyakashipu [golden-haired] is an Asura from the Puranic scriptures of Hinduism. The Puranas describe Hiranyakashipu as an Asura. His younger brother, Hiranyaksha was slain by Varaha, one of the Avatars of Vishnu and angered by this, Hiranyakashipu decided to gain magical powers by performing...

. Prahlada requests him to reduce his anger. Quitened Narasimha blesses him. Prahlada requests him to show his Varaha avatar and to bless his devotees on the hill. Mahavishnu obliges him and takes the form of Varaha Narasimha.

Cast

Actor	Character
Tadepalli Lakshmi Kanta Rao Tadepalli Lakshmi Kanta Rao Tadepalli Lakshmi Kanta Rao, better known as Kanta Rao , was an Indian film actor and film producer from Andhra Pradesh, India. He acted in more than 400 Telugu mythological, social and folklore movies. He also acted in a few Hindi, Kannada and Tamil movies. He produced about five films under the...	Pururava Chakravarthi
Krishna Kumari Krishna Kumari (actress) Krishna Kumari is a noted Telugu actress of the 1960s and 1970s. She was a leading actress and competed Savitri and acted alongside great legendary actors N.T.R, A.N.R etc. She acted in Tamil movies too. She has done many films in Kannada too that also with the kannada veteran Dr...	Apsarasa Sirisha
Chittor V. Nagaiah Chittor V. Nagaiah Chitturu Nagayya or Chittor V. Nagaiah birth name - Vuppaladadiyam Nagayya was an Indian actor, composer, director, producer, writer and playback singer of Telugu film industry, Andhra Pradesh, India. Indian film journalist and the editor of Film India, Baburao Patel, described Nagiah as ‘The...	Father of Pururava
G. Ramakrishna	Mahavishnu
Chalam Chalam Chalam is a yesteryear actor played versatile roles in Telugu film industry as a hero, comedian, character actor, producer,art director, and set director...	Narada
Rajanala Kaleswara Rao	Indra
Relangi Venkataramaiah	Anavasaram
Girija Girija (actress) Girija is an early Telugu film actress and comedian of 1950 and 1960s. Her first movie is Kasturi Sivarao's Paramanandayya Shishyula Katha . She acted in many films with Relangi Venkataramaiah and became famous hit comedian pair...	Queen of Women Kingdom

Soundtrack

There are 12 songs and padyams in the film.

• Andala O Sundara Anuragala (Singers: P. Susheela
  P. Susheela
  Pulapaka Susheela is an Indian playback singer. In a career spanning more than four decades, she has recorded songs in many Indian languages including Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali, Oriya, Sanskrit, Tulu, Badaga and Sinhalese.-Personal life:She is the daughter of Pulapaka...
  
   and S. Janaki
  S. Janaki
  S. Janaki is an Indian female playback singer. Renowned for her voice modulation abilities, she has sung in many Indian languages, most frequently in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi. Throughout a career spanning more than five decades, she has won four National Film Awards and 35...
  
  )
• Baboo Biraana Kanipinchara Kanipinchi Naa Baadha Tholaginchara (Singer: S. Janaki)
• Chinnari Ponnari Vennela Raasi Jo Jo (Singer: S. Janaki)
• Haayiga Edo Teeyaga Naa Kalale Pandaga (Singer: P. Susheela)
• Jayahe Mohana Roopa Gaana Kalaapa (Singer: P. B. Srinivas)
• Neelaati Revukaada Neredu Chettuneeda (Singer: L. R. Eswari
  L. R. Eswari
  L. R. Eswari is a Veteran playback singer of the Tamil movie industry. She also sang in other languages like Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tulu, and English.-Early Life:...
  
  )
• O Deva Varaaha Mukha Nrusimha Sikha (Singer: S. Janaki)
• Oho Elika Ide Veduka Ee Vasantha Vinodalu Neeku Kaanuka (Singers: P. Susheela group)
• Oppula Kuppa Vayyari Bhama Magaadu Pilichade (Singers: Pithapuram Nageswara Rao
  Pithapuram Nageswara Rao
  Pithapuram Nageswara Rao is a popular Playback singer during the early period of Telugu cinema. He sang thousands of songs mostly of comedy nature in 1950s and 1960s along with Madhavapeddi Satyam and others.-Brief lifesketch:...
  
  , Swarnalata group)
• Raave Viribala Dari Raave Eevela (Singer: P. B. Srinivas)
• Raavoyi Raaja Kanaraavoyi Raaja (Singer: S. Janaki and P. B. Srinivas)
• Simhachalamu Mahaa Punya Kshetramu (Lyrics: Rajashri
  Rajashri
  Rajashri is a famous dialogue and lyrics writer and Music director in Telugu cinema industry. His birth name is Indukuri Ramakrishnam Raju . He has worked with nearly 1000 films, a majority of them are dubbing films...
  
  ; Singer: Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao)