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Sri Gopala Krishna Vijayathe
Sri Gopala Krishna danced to the tunes of Sri Vyasaraja Once shrI shrIpAdarAja asked Sri VyAsa tIrtha to conduct the daily pUja in his absence. ShrI VyAsa tIrtha saw that one sampusTa (box containing divine icons) had had never been opened so far. Out of curiosity, he tried to open it and succeeded immediately. He was astounded when a beautiful icon of Lord gopAlakrishNa came out of the box and began to dance in front of him. He was so engrossed that he used the sAligrAma as tAla (cymbal). When shripAdarAja entered the puja hall, krishna froze in the middle of the dance. shrIpAdarAjA presented this icon to VyAsa tIrtha and told him "I could not open the box, only you were destined to open it. So this icon morally belongs to you". Even today, this miraculous icon, with its unusual pose, is worshipped by saints of the VyAsarAya maTha Write up :Sri Hunsur Sriprasad (To read more about life history of Sri Vyasaraja visit http://www.tatvavada.org/eng) H.H.Sri LakshmIndra tIrtha Swamiji (Present Pontiff)
The lineage of madhva saints following Sri PadmanAbha tIrtha split into 2 branches after Sri VidyAdhirAja tIrtha. Sri vyAsa rAja (1466 – 1539) came in the lineage of Rajendra tIrtha. He was followed by Sri SrinivAsa tIrtha and Sri Rama tIrtha (1564 – 1584). After Sri Rama tIrtha this lineage again split into 2 branches. The one headed by Sri LakshmikAntha tIrtha became known as Sosale VyAsarAja maTha and the one headed by LakshmIdhara tIrtha became known as KundApura VyAsarAja maTha. The name ‘kundApura’ originates from the fact that a king had donated many villages around kundApura to Sri Srinivasa tIrtha. Sri LakshmIndra tIrtha, the current pontiff, is the 26th head of this maTha. He is the successor to Sri LakshmIsha tIrtha. He has learnt SrimannyAya sudha and other works under the renowned Sri VidyAmAnya tIrtha. He has built an excellent ashrama in abburu, where the brindavana of Sri Brahmanya tIrtha, the guru of Sri Vyasaraja is located. Sri LakshmIndra tIrtha Swamiji has blessed Madhva Radio listeners by rendering a short discourse about Importance of Madhva Shastra |
