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Shiroor Matha is a Hindu monastery and one of the Ashta Mathas of Udupi.It was founded by Sri Vamana Tirtha at Shiroor village on the banks of the Suvarna River in Udupi, Karnataka [1] He was a direct disciple of Sri Madhvacharya, the founder of the Dvaita school of Hindu philosophy.
A section of scholars earlier considered it as a Hindu sect or a Buddhist heresy, but it is one of the three ancient Indian religions. [1] On 27 January 2014, the Government of India explicitly awarded the status of a "minority religion" to the Jain community in India, as per Section 2(c) of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) Act (NCM ...
Ashta Mathas of Udupi Matha First Sannyasi Presiding Deity Reigning Pontiff Successor Pejavara: Sri Adhokshaja Teertha: Vitthala with consorts Sri and Bhudevi: Sri Vishvaprasanna Teertha Swamiji
Kesavananda Bharati (9 December 1940 – 6 September 2020) was an Indian Hindu monk who served as the Shankaracharya (head) of Edneer Mutt, a Hindu monastery in Kasaragod district, Kerala, India from 1961 until his death. [1] [2] He was the petitioner in Kesavananda Bharati v.
A matha (/mʌt/; Sanskrit: मठ, maṭha), also written as math, muth, mutth, mutt, or mut, is a Sanskrit word that means 'institute or college', and it also refers to a monastery in Hinduism. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] An alternative term for such a monastery is adheenam . [ 3 ]
Case Ruling Notes State of Madras v. Champakam Dorairajan AIR 1951 SC 226 [2] [3] [4] Court ruled that caste-bass per Communal Award violate Article 15(1) of the constitution. Led to the introduction of the First Amendment of the constitution, which invalidated the judgment. M. R. Balaji v. State of Mysore AIR 1963 SC 649 [5]
The scenes of village life include: Village priest’s abode. The first scene is the house of a highly educated village priest. He performs his duties, rites and rituals like weddings and thread ceremonies, and is tasked to find auspicious days and times for any major activity such as house-building and house-warming activities, digging wells, sowing seeds, piercing nose or ears.
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