Hyderabad : Simhachalam Devasthanam ‘Giri Pradakshina’ commenced in Visakhapatnam on early hours of Wednesday.
Devotees arrived at Tholipavancha from 5 am and started their trek by breaking a coconut at the foothill of Simhachalam.
Lakhs of devotees believe that circumambulating the 32-km-long trek on the occasion of ‘Ashada Pournami’ help them overcome struggles in life and invoke the blessings of Lord Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha.