Temple Series 6: Why are there too few temples dedicated to Narasimha Varaha and Vamana incarnations of Vishnu in North India, whereas South India have sufficient temples dedicate to all 10 incarnations?

 

1. South India worship Vishnu or Narayana, called Perumal as their founder, and are followers of Mayonism or Sri Vaishnavism. It gives importance to Vishnu and all his avatars. You can find Narasimha, Varaha and Vamana as well.
2. While North regard Vasudeva-Krsna as their founder and are followers of Brahmanic Vaishnavism. More focus is centered around Ram and Krishna.

Are there any temples dedicated to the matsya and koorma avataram?

Matsya Avatar:

• Vedanarayana Swamy temple, Nagalapuram, Chittoor, Andra Pradesh
• Matsya Narayana Swamy Temple, Hegdal, Bellary, Karnataka

Koorma Avatar:

Kurmanathaswamy temple, Srikurmam, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh.