Virat Kohli visits Simhachalam Temple after series heroics

• Virat Kohli was named Player of the Series for scoring 302 runs, including two centuries, in the recent ODI series.
• After the series, Kohli visited the famous Simhachalam temple in Visakhapatnam.
• The temple is dedicated to Lord Narasimha, the fourth incarnation of Vishnu, who is believed to have killed demon king Hiranyakashapu there.
• Sandalwood paste is applied daily to the Narasimha idol at the temple to calm his fierce form.
• Lord Narasimha is seen in his real form only once a year during Chandanotsav on Akshaya Tritiya.

Why It Matters: It connects a cricket star's personal faith with a historic temple's mythology.