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Udupi Shri Krishna Temple is a well-known historic Hindu temple dedicated to Krishna and Dvaita Matha located in the city of Udupi in Karnataka, India. The Matha area resembles a living Aashram , a holy place for daily devotion and living.
The matha houses a Mukyaprana temple inside where puja is performed every day.The present swamiji (mathadeesha or peethadipati) of Krishnapura Matha Shri Vidyasagara Theertha ascended paryaya for fourth time on 18 January 2022 and completed his two year term of performing pooje to Lord Krishna at Shri Krishna Matha, Car street, Udupi on 17 ...
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]
Puthige Matha (Kannada: ಪುತ್ತಿಗೆ ಮಠ) or Puttige Mutt in some records and literature is a Madhwa Vaishnava monastery. It is one of the Ashta Mathas of Udupi founded by Dvaita philosopher Madhvacharya of Udupi. [1]
The Udupi Krishna temple is an exception, visitors enter from the East and go around to see the idol which faces West. A window with nine viewing apertures exists where the wall cracked and the idol is visible from the window. Due to Kanakadasa's incident, everyone, irrespective of their caste is allowed into the temple.
Krishna Math at Shiroor is one of the Ashta Mathas (8 Mathas) of Udupi. Located on the banks of Suvarna River, it is one of the Hindu monastery founded by Sri Vamana Tirtha, who was a direct disciple of Sri Madhvacharya, the founder of the Dvaita school of Hindu philosophy. [4]
The ashta mathas are named after the villages in which they were originally located. Today, the mathas are situated in the temple town of Udupi. The mathas work to propagate the Dvaita philosophy. They also administer the famous Udupi Krishna Temple by way of a formal rotation scheme called Paryaya.
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.