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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.
Pejavara or Pejawara is a village located in the Mangalore taluk of Dakshina Kannada, formerly known as South Canara or South Kanara, district of Karnataka, India. It houses one of the eight ashta mathas established by Madhvacharya , the great Tattvavāda philosopher. [ 1 ]
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 next oldest commentary on the Sumadhva Vijaya is by Vedanga Tirtha, one of the saints of the Sode Matha, called the Padartha Dipika. Another commentary is the Padartha Dipikodbodhika of Vishwapati Tirtha of Pejavara Matha. The Mandopakarini of Chalari Sheshacharya is also quite popular.
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.
Madhvacharya never established a matha (monastery) dedicated to Dvaita philosophy, however his lineage of students became the sanctuary for a series of Dvaita scholars such as Jayatirtha, Sripadaraja, Vyasatirtha, Vadiraja Tirtha, Raghuttama Tirtha, Raghavendra Tirtha and Satyanatha Tirtha who followed in the footsteps of Madhva.
The Matha (monastery) at Krishnapur, which is Three (3) kilometres from Surathkal locality of Mangalore, is the main Matha (Mata) from which the name has been derived.The matha houses a Mukyaprana temple inside where puja is performed every day. The present Matha at Krishnapur was built by Sri Vidyamurthi Theertha who is twenty sixth Swamiji in ...