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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
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Chatrapati Sambhaji Marahaj's and Kavi Kalash's Samadhi (Mausoleum) at Vadhu. Vadhu Budruk is a village in Shirur tehsil of Pune district.. The importance of this place is, successor of Maratha Empire chatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj I, son of chatrapti Shivaji Maharaj I, brutally executed and killed by Aurangzeb (Mughal king) in Tulapur and his samādhi was built in Vadhu.
Kesavananda Bharati (center) at the Kumbh Mela in February 2013.. In February 1970 Swami Kesavananda Bharati, senior pontiff and head of the Hindu monastery Edneer Matha in Edneer, Kasaragod District, Kerala, challenged the Kerala government's attempts, under two land reform acts, to impose restrictions on the management of its property.
This decision was overruled and reinstated in subsequent years, [note 1] and M. G. Badappanvar v. State of Karnataka (2001[2] SCC 666: AIR 2001 SC 260) held that roster promotions were for the limited purpose of due representation at various levels of service, and did not confer seniority. M. Nagraj & Others v. Union of India and Others AIR ...
Kesavananda Bharati was born to Manchthaya Sreedhara Bhatt and Padmavathi Amma in 1940. [6] He was appointed the head of Sri Edneer Mutt, in Kasaragod district, Kerala, in 1961, [6] and belonged to the Parampara of Thotakacharya, one of the first four disciples of Adi Shankara.