Udupi Sri Krishna Matha
— — the window the devotee was given.
Not only on a wall.
“A 13th-century Krishna temple on the Karnataka coast, founded by the philosopher Madhvacharya around 1285. The principal image of the boy Krishna is worshipped through a small silver-plated window known as the Kanakana Kindi, facing west into the courtyard. The temple is the centre of the Dvaita Vedanta tradition, and its kitchen is the origin of what the world now knows as Udupi cuisine. from the studio
Udupi Sri Krishna Matha, on ceramic.
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Sri Krishna Matha sits in the centre of Udupi, a coastal town in Karnataka about 60 kilometres north of Mangalore and a few kilometres inland from the Arabian Sea. The Vaishnava philosopher Madhvacharya founded the temple around 1285 and consecrated the principal Krishna image. Eight associated monasteries, the Ashta Mathas, were established to maintain the worship in a two-year rotation called Paryaya. The temple complex includes the central shrine, the Madhva Sarovara tank, and the surrounding monastic precincts that line the four car streets.
The temple is open to the public free of charge, with active worship from before dawn through the evening service. The principal Krishna image is unusually approached from the rear; devotees view the deity through a small window known as the Kanakana Kindi, a name given for the saint Kanakadasa, who according to tradition was granted the view through it. The Paryaya festival, held every two years in mid-January, transfers the temple's administration between the Ashta Mathas in a procession down the four car streets.
Two cycles structure the year. The Paryaya, occurring every two years in mid-January, transfers control of the temple between the eight Mathas; the swamiji of the incoming Matha takes responsibility for two years of daily worship and administration. Krishna Janmashtami in August or September draws large crowds for the Vittala Pindi celebrations and the pot-breaking procession. Outside these markers, the daily cycle of pujas, five principal services, runs continuously, kept by the swamis of the presiding Matha.