Udupi : Karnataka chief minister B S Yediyurappa will visit Sri Krishna Math, Udupi to inaugurate the newly built ‘Queue Complex’ for the devotees at the math on Monday, January 18 said, the manager of Paryaya Admar Math Govindaraju.
This path will see the devotees enter the mutt at its north entrance near the Rajangana, cross the ‘Kattige Ratha’, Madhwa Sarovara’, and the ‘golden roof’ atop the sanctorum before descending a flight of steps to have darshan at the navagraha kindi and then up a flight of steps to the dining hall before exiting, he said.
As part of the fifth centenary celebration of the Paryaya puja system of the Ashta Matas enforced by seer Sri Vadiraja. The programme will commence from January 16 and culminate on Jan 23.
He said, earlier the Paryaya system was held for two months during the time of Acharya Madhwa. Later, Sri Vadiraja Acharya started a biennial system in 1522. The same tradition of performing Krishna puja has been continued even today as it were an unwritten law.”
An eight-day exhibition cum sale event has also been organized. Madhubani art of Bihar, Mithila art, Manjusha painting, clay models, wooden sculptures and many more arts made by skilled persons will be displayed.
Laxminarayana Macchintaya, divan of math, Sunil Kumar Udyavar, Purushottam Adve, Y N Ramachandra Rao, Rohit Tantri, Parashuram Bhat, Madhava Acharya, Pradeep Rao and others were present.