It's paryaya time in Udupi and I am off to Udupi
Udupi is gearing up for paryaya. Paryaya is a ceremony in which one seer will handover the responsibility of worshiping Shri Krishna and also looking after the welfare of tourists who arrive here to take darshan of the idol.
Saint Madhwacharya had nstalled the Krishna idol in Udupi and selected his 8 followers to worship Krishna.
These 8 followers belong to 8 mathas which are situated in various parts of state. When he has done this system , it was only for 2 months.
For every 2 months, the responsiblity was handed over to other person or seer. But saint Vadiraj had increased the time duration to 2 years.
The 8 mazthas are sharing the responsibility between themselves for every 2 years. The celebration indicating this, called " Paryaya ".
The 8 mathas are ----
1. Phalimaru matha 5. Sheerooru Matha
2. Adamaru Matha 6. Sode Matha
3. Krishnapura Matha 7. Kaaniyur Matha
4. Puttige Matha 8. Pejawar Matha
Now , Sode mutt seer is handing over the responsibility to Kaniyur mutt seer. Hence after , Kaniyur seer is in charge of every spiritual activities taking place in Udupi.
Udupi is gearing up for paryaya. Paryaya is a ceremony in which one seer will handover the responsibility of worshiping Shri Krishna and also looking after the welfare of tourists who arrive here to take darshan of the idol.
Saint Madhwacharya had nstalled the Krishna idol in Udupi and selected his 8 followers to worship Krishna.
These 8 followers belong to 8 mathas which are situated in various parts of state. When he has done this system , it was only for 2 months.
For every 2 months, the responsiblity was handed over to other person or seer. But saint Vadiraj had increased the time duration to 2 years.
The 8 mazthas are sharing the responsibility between themselves for every 2 years. The celebration indicating this, called " Paryaya ".
The 8 mathas are ----
1. Phalimaru matha 5. Sheerooru Matha
2. Adamaru Matha 6. Sode Matha
3. Krishnapura Matha 7. Kaaniyur Matha
4. Puttige Matha 8. Pejawar Matha
Now , Sode mutt seer is handing over the responsibility to Kaniyur mutt seer. Hence after , Kaniyur seer is in charge of every spiritual activities taking place in Udupi.
