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Pejavara Matha is one of the Ashta Mathas of Udupi, which was started by Sri Adhokshaja Tirtha, [1] who was a direct disciple of Sri Madhvacharya, the founder of the Dvaita school of Hindu philosophy. Till date, 32 sanyasi pontiffs have headed this matha. The current presiding pontiff is Sri Vishwaprasanna Tirtha Swamiji.
The Ashta Mathas of Udupi (Kannada: ಉಡುಪಿಯ ತುಳು ಅಷ್ಟ ಮಠಗಳು) are a group of eight mathas or Hindu monasteries established by Madhvacharya, the preceptor of the Dvaita school of Hindu thought with his direct disciples to be the first Swami, head of the matha.
It also houses a branch of the Krishnapura matha known as Mudai or Moodai Matha, another of the Ashta Mathas of Udupi founded by Dvaita philosopher Shri Madhvacharya. The region is known as Tulunadu/Tulunad. Pejavara is very close to the Thokur railway station on the Mumbai-Mangalore Konkan railway route. Also Jokatte railway station is nearby. [2]
Sri Vishvesha Tirtharu has ordained Sri Vishvaprasanna Tirtharu as his successor to the Pejavara matha in 1988. Sahasra Chandra Darshana Shanthi was celebrated for Sri Vishvesha Tirtha Swamiji in Tirumala kshetra on March 7, 2012 in the presence of several peethadipathis. His fourth tenure was in 2000 and his fifth tenure was in 2016.
The matha are laid out in a rectangle, the temples on a square grid pattern. [96] The monks in the matha are sannyasis, and the tradition of their studies and succession (Paryaya system) were established by Madhvacharya. [96] The monastery has a pontiff system, that rotates after a fixed period of time.
Vyasanakere Prabhanjanacharya was born on 15 June 1946 in Vyasanakere, a village in the Bellary district of Karnataka.He obtained B.E. (mechanical) from the Mysore University; B.A. from the Karnataka University; and M.A. (in Sanskrit) from the Bangalore University.
Mathatraya of Desh is a group of three premier monasteries of in the Dvaita School of thought or Tattvavada that descended from Jagadguru Madhvacharya in the lineage of his four direct disciples Padmanabha Tirtha, Narahari Tirtha, Madhava Tirtha, Akshobhya Tirtha through Jayatirtha and his disciples.
Sri Krishna Matha during Paryaya 2022. Paryaya is a religious ritual which takes place every alternate year in Sri Krishna Matha (Krishna Temple) of Udupi.The puja and administration of Krishna Matha is distributed among the Swamijis (seer or monk or pontiff) of Ashta Matha's established by Dvaita philosopher Sri Madhvacharya. [1]