Pajaka is a village in Udupi Taluk and district of Karnataka state in India. Pajaka is the place where Dvaita philosopher Sri Madhvacharya was born. The place is near Kunjarugiri Durga temple.
Paryaya is a religious ritual which takes place every alternate year in Sri Krishna Matha of Udupi. The puja and administration of Krishna Matha is distributed among the Swamijis of Ashta Matha's established by Dvaita philosopher Sri Madhvacharya. Each swamiji of every matha gets chance to perform puja to Udupi Sri Krishna by rotation for a period of two years.
The Krishnapur Matha or Krishnapur 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. Krishnapur Matha is currently headed by Vidyasagara Theertha. The first swami of this monastery was Janardhana Theertha, who was one of the direct disciples of Madhvacharya. Its presiding deity is Kalingamardhana Krishna. The matha houses a Mukyaprana temple inside where puja is performed every day.The present swamiji 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 January 2024.
Kukke Subramanya is a Hindu temple located in the village Subramanya, of Kadaba taluk in Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka, India. In this temple Kartikeya is worshipped as Subramanya, lord of all serpents. The epics relate that the divine serpent Vasuki and other serpents found refuge under Subramanya when threatened by the Garuda. The priests in the temple are Shivalli Madhwa Brahmins. The poojas and other daily rituals in the temple are performed as per Madhvacharya's Tantra Sara Sangraha.
Subramanya is a village located in Kadaba Taluk in Dakshina Kannada, India. The Kukke Subrahmanya Temple is located here. It is about 105 kilometres (65 mi) from Mangalore, connected by train and road. It was originally named "Kukke Pattana".
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. Surrounding the Shri Krishna Temple are several temples namely the Udupi Anantheshwara Temple which is over a thousand years old.
The Tulu Ashta Mathas of Udupi 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.
Shree Samsthana Gokarn Partagali Jeevottam Math or Partagali Math is the first Gaud Saraswat Mathas of the Dvaita order, a system established by Jagadguru Madhvacharya in the 13th century AD. This matha also called Partagali Jivottama and is headquartered in Partagali, a small town in South Goa, on the banks of the river Kushavati.
Kadaba is a taluk in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka, India. It is located 82 km towards East from District headquarters Mangalore, 31 km from Puttur, 38 km from Sullia and 272 km from State capital Bangalore.
Temples of the Indian State of Karnataka illustrate the variety of architecture prevalent in various periods. The architectural designs have found a distinguished place in forming a true atmosphere of devotion for spiritual attainment.
Sri Vishwesha Tirtharu, officially known as Śrī Śrī 1008 Śrī Viśveśa-tīrtha Śrīpād Kannada: ಶ್ರೀ ಶ್ರೀ ೧೦೦೮ ಶ್ರೀ ವಿಶ್ವೇಶತೀರ್ಥ ಶ್ರೀಪಾದಂಗಳವರು, was an Indian Hindu guru, saint and presiding swamiji of the Sri Pejavara Adokshaja Matha, one of the Ashta Mathas belonging to the Dvaita school of philosophy founded by Sri Madhvacharya.
Sad Vaishnavism, , is a denomination within the Vaishnavism—Bhagavata tradition of Hinduism. Sad Vaishnavism was founded by thirteenth century philosopher-saint Madhvacharya, who developed the Tattvavada (dvaita) Vedanta sub-school of Hindu philosophy.
Puthige Matha 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. The first pontiff of Puttige matha was Sri Upendra Tirtha, who was a direct disciple of Sri Madhvacharya, the founder of the Dvaita school of philosophy. The main idols worshipped in the Puttige matha are that of Panduranga (Vittala), which was given to Sri Upendra Tirtha by Sri Madhvacharya. Till date, there have been 29 pontiffs who have headed the matha.
The Uttaradi Math, is one of the main monasteries (matha) founded by Madhvacharya with Padmanabha Tirtha as its head to preserve and propagate Dvaita Vedanta (Tattvavada) outside Tulunadu region. Uttaradi Math is one of the three primary Dvaita monasteries or Mathatraya that descended from Madhvacharya in the lineage of Padmanabha Tirtha through Jayatirtha. After Jayatirtha and Vidyadhiraja Tirtha, Uttaradi Math continued in the lineage of Kavindra Tirtha and later in the lineage of Vidyanidhi Tirtha. The Moola Rama and Moola Sita idols worshipped in the Uttaradi Matha have a long history and are revered among adherents.
Buddinni is a village in the Raichur District of the Indian state of Karnataka.
Shri Raghavendra Math, better known as Rayara Math is one of the Dvaita Vedanta monasteries (matha) descended from Madhvacharya through Sri Jayatirtha further with Vibudhendra Tirtha. It is one of the three premier monasteries descended in the lineage of Jayatirtha the other two being Uttaradi Math and Vyasaraja Math and are jointly referred as Mathatraya. It is the pontiffs and pandits of the Mathatraya that have been the principle architects of post-Madhva Dvaita Vedanta through the centuries.
Nava Brindavana ;, is located on an island in the Tungabhadra River at Anegundi, near Hampi, Karnataka, India. The Brindavanas of nine Hindu Madhva saints present in Nava Brindavana belongs to [ Nanjangudu Sri Raghvandra swami math] and Uttaradi Math, Vyasaraja Math and Raghavendra Math. All these saints are descended from Padmanabha Tirtha, direct disciple of Jagadguru Madhvacharya.
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 He was a direct disciple of Sri Madhvacharya, the founder of the Dvaita school of Hindu philosophy. The latest swami, Lakshmivara Teertha, died on Thursday 19, July 2018. The new Swamiji (Mathadeesha) Shri Vedavardhana Thirtha was anointed on 14 May 2021 after traditional religious rituals as per Madhva tradition by H. H. Shre Vishwavallabha Theertha Swamiji of Sode Matha.
Bhimanakatte Matha is one of the mathas (monasteries) belonging to the Shri Madhvacharya tradition of Hindu philosophy. The main or moola Bhimanakatte Matha is located on the banks of the Tunga River at Thirthahalli in the Shivamogga district of Karnataka state, India. It is also called Bhimasethu Mulavrunda Matha. Its dwandwa matha is Bhandarakeri Matha. As of 2024, the peethadhipati (pontiff) of the matha is Sri Raghuvarendra Theertha Sripadaru.
Subramanya Matha or Sri Samputa Narasimha Matha is a Matha of the Shivalli Madhva tradition based in Kukke Subramanya in Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka, India. It has several branches, including one at Mumbai. The Subramanya Matha at Kukke offers sevās including Sarpa Samksara, Naga Pratiste and Aslesha Bali which has been cause of friction with the nearby Kukke Subramanya Temple. As of 2025 the Subramanya Matha is headed by Shri Vidyaprasanna Tirtha swamiji, with the previous pontiff Vidyabhushana retiring to become full time devotional singer.
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