Sri Pajaka Kshetra
A great deal of historical evidence is available about Madhvacharya's life and times in Pajaka. His birth pastimes and the many places he frequented in the village are now visited by pilgrims who come to take darshan of the great Acarya.
The main complex at Sri Pajaka Kshetra includes the house where Sri Madhvacharya was born and raised, along with a temple of Sri Anantapadmanabha, and the temple of Sri Madhvacharya Himself. The complex is managed by Sri Kaniyooru Matha, one of the eight mathas established by Sri Madhvacharya in the Udupi region. The current pontiff of Sri Kaniyooru Matha, Sri Sri Vidyavallabha Tirtha, resides in the temple complex.
Sri Pajaka Kshetra is located 13 Kilometers southeast of the famous Udupi Sri Krishna Matha, also established by Sri Madhvacharya. The importance of Pajaka Kshetra is narrated in a small biographical poem entitled Sampradaya Paddhati, written by Sri Madhvacharya's direct disciple, Sri Hrushikesha, the mula yati of Sri Palimaru Mata. Some of the information found in the Sampradaya Paddhati, in a Kannada compilation translated by Sri Vyaasanakere Prabhanjanacharya, is paraphrased below:
The Birth of Vasudeva:
Sri Madhvacharya was born after prolonged prayers offered to Lord Sri Anantheshwara of Udupi, by his parents . Called Vasudeva at birth, Madhvacharya is an incarnation of Vayu (the Wind god), the son of Lord Narayana and Lakshmi. So, it is very appropriate that Madhvacharya was born in Sri Pajaka Kshetra, where Narayana and Lakshmi reside in the form of Parashurama and Durge.
The main complex at Sri Pajaka Kshetra includes the house where Sri Madhvacharya was born and raised, along with a temple of Sri Anantapadmanabha, and the temple of Sri Madhvacharya Himself. The complex is managed by Sri Kaniyooru Matha, one of the eight mathas established by Sri Madhvacharya in the Udupi region. The current pontiff of Sri Kaniyooru Matha, Sri Sri Vidyavallabha Tirtha, resides in the temple complex.
Sri Pajaka Kshetra is located 13 Kilometers southeast of the famous Udupi Sri Krishna Matha, also established by Sri Madhvacharya. The importance of Pajaka Kshetra is narrated in a small biographical poem entitled Sampradaya Paddhati, written by Sri Madhvacharya's direct disciple, Sri Hrushikesha, the mula yati of Sri Palimaru Mata. Some of the information found in the Sampradaya Paddhati, in a Kannada compilation translated by Sri Vyaasanakere Prabhanjanacharya, is paraphrased below:
The Birth of Vasudeva:
Sri Madhvacharya was born after prolonged prayers offered to Lord Sri Anantheshwara of Udupi, by his parents . Called Vasudeva at birth, Madhvacharya is an incarnation of Vayu (the Wind god), the son of Lord Narayana and Lakshmi. So, it is very appropriate that Madhvacharya was born in Sri Pajaka Kshetra, where Narayana and Lakshmi reside in the form of Parashurama and Durge.
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