Krishnapura mutt seer ascends Paryaya Peeta

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Krishnapura mutt seer ascends Paryaya Peeta

 

Udupi, UNI:

 

 

Sri Vidyasagara Thirtha Swamiji of the Krishnapura mutt ascended the

sacred 'paryaya sarvajna peeta' inside the sanctum sanctorum of the

about 800-year-old Sri Krishna temple and took charge of the temple

for the next two years, amidst chanting of vedic hymns, early today.

 

The 34th pontiff of the Krishnapura mutt (48), wearing a silk saffron

turban, ascended the paryaya peeta at Dhanur Lagnam at 0555 hrs. This

is his third paryaya term, after the ones in 1974-76 and 1990-92.

 

Earlier, the outgoing Sri Vishvapriya Thirtha Swamiji of Admar mutt

performed the last pooja of his paryaya term to the presiding deity,

before descending the peeta.

 

 

After taking charge, Sri Vidyasagara Thirtha Swamiji sat on the peeta

and took the temple keys and 'Akshaya Patra' (the perennial golden

bowl and ladle) from the outgoing seer, marking the most significant

ritual of the paryaya festival.

 

The biennial paryaya system among the pontiffs of the Ashta (eight)

mutts of Udupi to conduct Sri Krishna pooja and run the temple was

introduced by saint Sri Vadiraja Swamigal of Sode Vadiraja mutt in

1522. However, earlier, the term was for just two months in rotation.

As many as 30 cycles of paryaya have been completed, starting from

the Palimar mutt to Pejavar mutt. In the present cycle to be

completed in 2018, the Krishnapura mutt seer was the third swamiji to

ascend the paryaya peeta.

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