Hanuma Bhima Madhva 2

Vande vishnum namami shriyamatha cha bhuvam brahmavayu cha vande|gayathrim bharatim tamapi garudamanantam bhaje rudradevam|devim vande suparnim ahipathidayitam varunnimapyumam tam|

indradin kamamukhyan api sakalasuran tadgurun madgurunshcha

Lord Veda Vyasa – Avatara of load vishnu

Sri Gurubhyo Namah

|| Satyaabhijyakarabjotthan Panchashdvarsha Poojakaan |Satyapramodateertharyan Nauminyayasudharatan ||

|| Naivedyakabavisham Rame Vikshyatatbhuktibhagguru |Yodarsayatravim Ratrausatyabhodhastume Mude ||

Chitrai padaisch gambhiraih vakairmanaih akhanditaih | gurubhavam vyanjayanti bhati shrijayatirtha vak

|| ASetoorahisharadrehe yoo disho jitavan muhuhu |Satyadhyanaguruhu paatu yatindryerappyu pasita ||

|| Bhavabhodakrutam Seve Raghuttamamahagurum |Yat Shishyashishyashishyadya tippanyacharyasangnithaha ||

|| Bramanataguravha Sakshaistam Daivam Shriyaha Patihi |Acharyaha Shrimadacharyaha Santu Mejanmajanmni ||

|| Vishnoo padasrit Govrataihi svanta dhvant Nivarkah |Shri Satyasandha suryooyam Bhasantam No Hrudambare ||

|| Vasudeva-sutam devam Kamsa-chaanoora-mardanam

Devakee-paramaanandam Krishnam vande jagadgurum ||

(Whom) it is possible to know well only from good scriptures, (who is) comprehensively beyond all that is destructible and indestructible; (that) Nârâyana I worship always, who is flawless and of the nature of an uncountable number of good qualities.

Udupi sri Krishna

Abhisheka of Udupi sri krishna by pratah smaraniya param pujya sri. Vidyamanya tirtha swamiji

Vasudeva-sutam devamKamsa-chaanoora-mardanam

Devakee-paramaanandamKrishnam vande jagadgurum

Rukmini kararchita Madhva

vallabha Sri Krishana

Madhva Murti

Located outside Krishna temple in Udupi

|| Hari sarvottama ||

|| Vayu jivotamma ||

jaya jaya jagatrANa, jagadoLage sutrANaakhila guNa sadhdhAma madhvanAma

shuklaambara dharam vishnumshashi varNam chaturbhujamprasanna-vadanam dhyaayesarva vighnopa-shaantaye

anandamukunda aravindanayana |Anandatirtha paranandavarada ||

Udırnamajaram divyam amrtasyandyadhı situhu I

anandasya padam vande brahmendradi abhivanditam II

-- Dwadasha stotra

sukara rupaka danava shatro bhumividharaka yajnavaranga I

deva nrsimha hiranyaka shatro sarva bhayantaka daivatabandho II

Om Isavasyamidam sarvam yatkiñca jagatyam jagat | tena tyaktena bhuñjitha ma grdhah kasyasvid dhanam ||

Tvameva maata cha, pitaa tvamevaTvameva bandhuscha sakhaa tvameva ITvameva vidyaa dravinam tvamevaTvameva sarvam mama deva deva II

svajanodadhisamvrddhi purnacandro gunarnavah amandananda sandro nah. Sadavyadindirapatih

ramacakorý vidhave dustadarpodavahnaye (dustasarpodavahnaye) satpanthajanagehaya namo narayanaya te

cidacidbhedam. akhilam. vidhayadhaya bhunjateavyakrta guhasthaya ramapranayine namah.

Veda Vyasa Devaru (Avatara of Lord Vishnu)

Vedavvyasa - lord of knowledge he is wearing jata. In one hand, Gnana mudra and abhaya mudra on the other. In gita, shri krishna says, Abhaya is the first quality for sadhaka And gnana is the supreme one for salvation.

Om purnamadah purnamidam purnat purnamudacyate | purnasya purnamadaya purnamevavasisyate   -Ishavasya Upanishad

Subramanya mutt deities

The vigraha of paduranga vittala with rukmini and

satyabhama gifted to the first pontiff,

shri upendra tirtha by acharya madhva is worshipped here.

Vittala is holding a conch in one hand and pointing his feet with the other hand, both hands are

at hip level. Shri vadiraja swamiji

interpreted this as, those who wear this sign of conch and

chakra and prostrate before the lord's feet can easily cross the ocean of bhava since the depth of the ocean will get reduced to his hip level by the grace of the

lord. Since two other mathas also have the vigraha of vittala,

the vigraha of this matha is known as upendra vittala to

distinguish this from the other vigrahas.

Sripadrayara mutt gopala

Deities of SrimadUttaradi mutt

Sripadarayara mutt deities

The main deity (patta devaru)

Of the matha is shri mula gopinatha

Puthige mutt deities Sripadrayara mutt Gopi nandana

Deities of sri Raghavendra Mutt

Bharati ramana mukhya pranaya Namo Hanuma Bhima Madhva

Hanuma Bhima Madhva Murti

-Navavrindavana

abhramaM bhaN^garahitaM ajaDaM vimalaM sadA | AnandatIrthaM atulaM bhaje tApatrayApaham.h ||

yO vipralambha viparItamati prabhUtAn

vdAnnirasya kritavAn bhUvi tatvavAdam |

sarvEshvarO haririti pratipAdayantam

AnandatIrtha munivaryam aham namAmi ||

Sanatana Dharama (dvaita ) origins

Shri Hamasanamaka Paramatma

Brahma devaruSanak kumarDurvasa Muni

Jnananidhi

Garudavahana

Kaivalya

Jnanisa

Paratirtha

Satyaprajna

Prajna

(through hidden line)+ to Acyutapreksa*

PoornaPrajna ( Ananda thirtharu)

Acyutapreksa*, whose name means "one who has knowledge of the infallible Lord Acyuta", according to Shri Madhva Vijay (4.7) he was in an earlier birth a bumble bee who used to reside in the house of the Pandavas for some years and used to take prasadam directly from the hands of Queen Draupadi. Nonetheless it was for his asrama, for he possessed a pure mind and pure heart, and this was where Vasudeva (purvashrama name of madhvacharyaru) was heading. +Due to there being a four hundred year gap in the Brahma sampradaya, breaking for all practical vision with Prajna, some ten guru-disciple generations previous, the gurus in this line up until Acyutaprajna (Acyutapreksa) had, out of fear of the wicked Buddhists and Mayavadins, hidden themselves away and just tried to maintain their line without drawing attention to themselves. These Kutirchak sannyasis were not strong enough to smash the onslaughts of these philosophies, so they just stayed in their asramas at the edge of their villages and tried to philosophically maintain themselves

Shri Madhavacharya, a.K.A, srimad ananda tirtha, was born in a village called pajaka kshetra, near udupi, on the west coast of india in modern day karnataka in 1238 AD

 Shri madhvacharya is the third avatara of shri mukhya prana devaru, the other 2 avataras being that of shri hanuman and shri bhemasena. Shri Madhavacharya re-introduced the eternal philosophy of tatvavada (realism), a.K.A dvaita, based on vedanta.  The main tenets of this philosophy are:

Shri hari (vishnu) is supreme and independent with infinitely auspicious qualities

This universe is real The differences perceived in this universe are also real and 5-fold

1. Jiva-paramatma bheda

2. Jada-paramatma bheda

3. Jiva-jiva bheda

4. Jada-jada bheda

5. Jiva-jada bheda There is gradation among souls, both in this world and in mukthi

Shri madhvacharya also established the ashta mathas at udupi and installed the vigraha of lord shri krishna at udupi

Jayatirthara Brindavana

Chitrai padaisch gambhiraih vakairmanaih akhanditaih | gurubhavam vyanjayanti bhati shrijayatirtha vak

Adherents of tattvavada or dvaita owe shri Jayatirtharu a huge debt. Like hanumanta communicating the thoughts of lord rama to sita mata, Jayatirtharu is the messenger who brings us the message of shri Madhavacharya. He has delved deep into shri Madhavacharya works and brought us innumerable pearls of wisdom and insight. Indeed, it is impossible to study Madhva shastra without his help.

All the luminaries who have graced dvaita – shripadarajaru, Vyasarayara, vadirajaru, vijayindraru, raghottamaru, raghavendraru, to name a few – have only built on the foundation laid by shri Jayatirtharu, and have not deviated from the line laid by him. Such is his profound mastery over tattvavada or dvaita.

To put it symbolically, one may consider the sarvamula granthas (shri Madhavacharya works) as the temple that shri Madhavacharya built to his favorite deity, narayana or vishnu. Like jaya guarding the portals of vaikuntha, jayatirtha regulates entrance to this shrine. One has to obtain his blessings in order to enter and obtain the grace of the deity enshrined within.

It is said that in a previous birth, Sri Jayatîrtha was a bull that served as a pack-animal, and traveled with Srimad Ananda Tîrtha and his devotees, whose library it carried. When Srimad Ananda Tîrtha would give a lecture, the bull would stand at a distance and listen silently. Once, when some disciples approached Srimad Ananda Tîrtha and asked him which of them would be the one to write commentaries on his works, he told those importunates that it would be the bull that would do so, rather than one of them

"sudhâ vâ paThanîyâ, vasudhâ vâ pâlanîyâ," which conveys the meaning that the joy of studying the Nyâya-Sudhâ can only be compared to the joy of ruling a kingdom

Sri Jayatîrtha's Brndâvana is at Malkheda, in the north of modern Karnataka state, from where he continues to bless devotees who, in spite of their own lack of any significant ability, wish to understand Srimad Ananda Tîrtha's writings correctly

Jaya rayaru

Mithya sidhdhanta durdhvanta vidhvamsana vichakshanah | jayatirthakhya taranirbhasatam no hrudambare

Sri Vishnu thirtharu

Sri Vadiraja gurusarvabhaumaru

Vrindavana of Sri Vadiraja sripadaru at Sode

Hierarchy of Devatas (Devata Taratamya) According to Madhvas*

Hierarchy of Devatas According to Madhvas contd.

*Please understand taratamya from your guru as it is very complex in certain aspects of avesha, amsha etc

Worshiping gods without taratamya is a great sin hence the list

The philosophy of srimadacharya had started to spread far and wide in the 16th century due to the incessant zeal of great saints like shri sripadaraja tirtha, shri vadiraja tirtha, shri Vyasarayara, shri vijayindra tirtha and a host of haridasas like shri purandaradasa, shri kanakadasa and others. But the battle of talikota of 1565 ravaged the whole of vijayanagar and also to some extent the whole of south india, and this had a terrible impact on the madhva community since the vijayanagar empire had collapsed like a pack of cards after the battle. The vijayanagar emperors were great patrons of literature and held the madhva saints and haridasas in great esteem and encouraged their progress within and outside their domain.

The greatest king of vijayanagar, krishnadevaraya, had been saved by shri vyasa tirtha during the kuhu yoga. Shri vijayindra tirtha, the worthy shishya of shri vyasa tirtha, also commanded great respect in the vijayanagar kingdom. But unfortunately ramaraya, the successor to krishnadevaraya did not heed the advice of shri vijayindra tirtha on certain aspects and this eventually led to the downfall of the empire. The architectural splendour of hampi was reduced to a vanished reality.   Many madhva families migrated south to thanjavur and other places.   Fortunately, because of the patronage of the maratas and the nayaks, the madhvas were able to sustain themselves in the south. When shri vijayindra tirtha heard about the downfall of the vijayanagar empire, he was emotionally moved but after meditating on the lord he comforted himself with the fact that nothing happens without the will of the lord. The followers of sanatana dharma, regardless of what sect or religion, were put to untold hardships.

Especially for the madhva community there was an urgent need for a lighthouse to guide the rudderless boat in a stormy sea. The lord decided that none other than Nirutti, the guardian of the south west direction of vaikunta, was the correct person who could act as a perfect guide to the sorrow stricken bhaktas. According to the taratamya stotra of the purvashrama sister of srimadacharya, nirutti occupies the 17th position in the taratamya.  Like srimadacharya, nirutti had served in his first two avataras of shri ramachandra and shri krishna paramatma as durmukha vanara and ghatotkacha respectively.

In the kali yuga, nirutti devatha, who is on equal taratamya as that of pravahi, mithra, tara and others came to the earth as shri Raghottama tirtha.

Shri Raghuttam Teertharu desired to enter the Brindavana at Manapundi ( Thirkoilur ) near the bank of river South Pinakini (Penna) which is in Villupuram Distric of present Tamilnadu, Where Shri Galava Rishi was residing and also the place is Known as "Pancha Krishnaranya Kshetra “

Raghuttama Thirtharu (tirukoilur)

|| Bhavabhodakrutam Seve Raghuttamamahagurum |

Yat Shishya shishya shishyadya

Tippanyacharya sangnithaha ||

Raghottama gurum vande raghottama padarchakam |gambiryenartha bahulya tika tatparya bhodakam || Like mantralaya mahaprabhu was aware of the sanctity of mantralaya, shri raghottama tirtha, Also was aware of the sanctity of tirukkoyilur. This is the place where the marriage of sati and Rudradevaru had taken place and hence the name manampoondi Had been allotted to this village.  Till today even if we go by bus we should ask for manampoondi. There is a big temple with shri trivikramaswami vigraha installed by brahma devaru at tirukkoyilur.

Sripadarayara Brindavana

Jnana vairagya bhaktadahi guna shalini |

lakshminarayana munin vandhe chimthithadhayakam

||

kale palathi kalpadhru chimthamanirapi yachane

dhatha | varshathi sakala abhishtham

darshana mathrath shripadharan muni ||

Sripadrayara Brindavana

Sripadrayara mutt saligrama

Vyasarayara Brindavana

Shri vyasaraja tirtha was the 3rd avatara of karmaja devata, Shanku karna.His first avtara was in krita yuga as prahalada. His second avatara was that of shri bhalika raja during mahabharata In dvapara yuga. He also reincarnated as mantralaya mahaprabhu, Shri raghavendra tirtha, after having come down as Shri vyasaraja tirtha.

Arthikalpithakalpoyam prathyarthigajakesari |vyasathirthagururbhuyadasmadhishtarthasiddhaye ||

Sri Raghavendra swamigalu

Abisheka of Sri Laxmi Nrasimha idol adorning atop moola vrindavana of sri raghavendra swami

This devaranama was composed by Gururayaru . The statements in the verses do not apply to Rayaru. Gurusaravabhouma out of compassion for lesser mortals like us, has shown us the way to pray to lord venugopala for we don’t know even how to pray !.

Rare pictures of Sri Raghavendra swami

Sri Vijaya Dasaru

(Brgu Amsha sambootaru)

Sumramanya mutt narashima

Sri Bharatiramana Mukhyapranatargata sri krishanarpanamastu

Prinayamo Vasudevam

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