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"Paryaya" in both Sanskrit
Sanskrit

Sanskrit is a historical Indo-Aryan language, one of the liturgical languages of Hinduism and Buddhism, and one of the 22 official languages of India....
 and Kannada means "alternative". It can be loosely meant as "Another".

Paryaya ritual at Udupi
Paryaya is a religious ritual which takes place every alternate year in Krishna
Krishna

Krishna is a deity worshiped across many traditions in Hinduism in a variety of different perspectives. While many Vaishnava groups recognize him as an avatar of Vishnu, other traditions within Krishnaism consider Krishna to be svayam bhagavan, or the supreme being....
 Matha
Matha

A matha is a term for Monastery and similar religious establishments of the Hindu , Buddhist and Jain traditions. A matha is usually more formal, hierarchical, and rule-based than an ashram....
 (Krishna Temple) of Udupi
Udupi

Udupi is a city and the headquarters of the Udupi District in the States of India of Karnataka. Udupi is famous for the Krishna temple located here....
. The puja and administration of Krishna Matha is distributed among the Swamijis (seer or monk or pontiff) of ashta matha established by Dvaita
Dvaita

Dvaita is a dualist school of Vedanta Hindu philosophy. The Sanskrit word dvaita means "dualism". This school was established as a new development in the Vedanta exegetical tradition in the thirteenth century CE with the south Indian Vaishnavism theologian Madhvacharya, who wrote commentaries on a number of Hindu scriptures....
 philosopher Sri Madhvacharya
Madhvacharya

Shri Madhvacharya was the chief proponent of Tattvavada , popularly known as Dvaita or dualism school of Hindu philosophy. It is one of the three most influential Vedanta philosophies....
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"Paryaya" in both Sanskrit
Sanskrit

Sanskrit is a historical Indo-Aryan language, one of the liturgical languages of Hinduism and Buddhism, and one of the 22 official languages of India....
 and Kannada means "alternative". It can be loosely meant as "Another".

Paryaya ritual at Udupi


Paryaya is a religious ritual which takes place every alternate year in Krishna
Krishna

Krishna is a deity worshiped across many traditions in Hinduism in a variety of different perspectives. While many Vaishnava groups recognize him as an avatar of Vishnu, other traditions within Krishnaism consider Krishna to be svayam bhagavan, or the supreme being....
 Matha
Matha

A matha is a term for Monastery and similar religious establishments of the Hindu , Buddhist and Jain traditions. A matha is usually more formal, hierarchical, and rule-based than an ashram....
 (Krishna Temple) of Udupi
Udupi

Udupi is a city and the headquarters of the Udupi District in the States of India of Karnataka. Udupi is famous for the Krishna temple located here....
. The puja and administration of Krishna Matha is distributed among the Swamijis (seer or monk or pontiff) of ashta matha established by Dvaita
Dvaita

Dvaita is a dualist school of Vedanta Hindu philosophy. The Sanskrit word dvaita means "dualism". This school was established as a new development in the Vedanta exegetical tradition in the thirteenth century CE with the south Indian Vaishnavism theologian Madhvacharya, who wrote commentaries on a number of Hindu scriptures....
 philosopher Sri Madhvacharya
Madhvacharya

Shri Madhvacharya was the chief proponent of Tattvavada , popularly known as Dvaita or dualism school of Hindu philosophy. It is one of the three most influential Vedanta philosophies....
. Each swamiji of every matha gets chance to perform puja by rotation. During paryaya, the puja and administration of Krishna Matha is handed over from swamiji of one matha to the swamiji of another matha. It takes place every two years in even numbered years for example 2006,2008,2010 and so on. On 18 January 2008, the puja and administration was to be handed over to Puttige
Puttige

There are two places named as Puttige in Karnataka. One of them is in the Udupi district and the other happens to be in the neighbouring Dakshina Kannada district....
 matha swamiji Sugunendra Thirta Padangalavaru from Krishnapura Matha's swamiji. The paryaya takes place on 18 January early morning of mentioned year at Udupi. The preparations start from the previous day itself. The ascending swamiji goes to a place called Dandithirta and takes dip at holy pond and does puja as per tradition. He enters Udupi city early morning at around 3A.M. A procession is taken from jodukatte (Near Taluk office) of Udupi town, where ascending swamiji is carried in planquin along with cultural shows and plays. The swamiji then enters Krishna Matha accompanied by outgoing swamiji, where formally reins of Krishna Matha are handed over. The hand over ceremony is held at Sarvajna peetha inside Krishna Math.At this ceremony descending swamiji hands over articles like keys to ascending swamiji.There are many other rituals which precede this and succeeding,but no written information is available,even though traditions are strictly followed as it was seven hundred years ago.

Current Paryaya


  • Sri Sri Sugunendrathirtha Swamiji- Puttige
    Puttige

    There are two places named as Puttige in Karnataka. One of them is in the Udupi district and the other happens to be in the neighbouring Dakshina Kannada district....
     Matha


Next Paryaya


  • Sri Sri Laxmivara Thirtha Swamiji - Shirur
    Shirur

    Shirur may refer to:* Shirur - a city in Maharashtra* Shirur - a village in Karnataka...
     Matha


Order of Paryaya


The rotation of the privilege of worshipping Lord Krishna amongst the eight mathas is fixed. The rotation starts with the Palimaru matha and ends with the Pejavara matha. The complete order is

  • Palimaru
    Palimaru

    Palimaru in Tulu anglicised as Palimar is village in Udupi district. Palimaru matha is one of the Ashta Mathas of Udupi of Udupi.Palimaru is about 7km away from Padubidri....
  • Adamaru
    Adamaru

    Adamaru or Adamar or Admar is a village in the Udupi district of the states and territories of India of Karnataka, India. The village houses one of the Udupi#The Ashta Mathas of Udupi founded by Shri Madhvacharya, the Dvaita philosopher.The village can be reached by taking a left turn at Yermal on Udupi-Mangalore route on National...
  • Krishnapura
    Krishnapura

    Krishnapura or Krishnapur is a village located near Surathkal and comes under the limits of Mangalore City Corporation, Karnataka, India.The place is 3 kilometre from the heart of Suratkal town....
  • Puthige
  • Shirur
    Shirur

    Shirur may refer to:* Shirur - a city in Maharashtra* Shirur - a village in Karnataka...
  • Sodhe
    Sodhe

    Sodhe or Sodha is a village near Sirsi in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka in India. The place is also the headquarters of the Sodhe Matha, one of the Ashta mathas established by Sri Madhvacharya, the famous Dvaita philosopher....
  • Kaniyooru
  • Pejavara
    Pejavara

    Pejavara is a village located in the Mangalore taluk of Dakshina Kannada, formerly known as South Canara or South Kanara, district of Karnataka, India....


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