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Pooja idols of Sode Mutt
The 6th maTha among the Udupi aShTa maThas is the Sode maTha. Two great yatis of all times have adorned the peeTha of this maTha. They are Shri Vishnu teertha and Shri Vadiraja teertha.
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Shri Vishnu teertha was the first peeThAdhipati of Sode maTha. He was the younger brother of Shri Madhwacharya in poorvAshrama. He is still said to be alive and performing tapasya at the Kumaradri hills near Kukke Subrahmanya. In distant future he is supposed to revive the Tattvavaada philosophy once again, which by then would have become extinct. For this same purpose Shri Madhwacharya is believed to have preserved his sarvamoola granthas on copper plates, and buried them in a place called Kadtila or Setutila. Incidentally, Shri Vishnu teertha is also the founder of Kukke Subrahmanya maTha.
Shri Sode maTha is unique amongst the Udupi aShTa maThas in the sense that its headquarter is situated at a place called Sonda in Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, whereas all the remaining 7 maThas have their headquarters in Udupi district itself. Interestingly, this maTha was originally known by the name KumbhAshi maTha, with main branch at KumbhAshi near Udupi. (ShriVadiraja teertha’s birth place Huvinakere is very near to KumbhAshi.) But during the time of Shri Vadiraja, the main branch of this maTha got shifted to Sode, and then onwards it came to be known as Sode maTha.
The main deity of Sode maTha is Shri BhUvarAha, presented to Shr iVishnu teertha by Shri Madhwacharya himself. This idol is known for its beautiful iconography with one thigh of VarAha supporting BhUdEvi, and another leg on the hood of a serpent. Along with this idol, the idol of Lord Hayagreeva is also worshiped in this maTha, which was presented by a local goldsmith to Shri Vadiraja.
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Jagadguru Sri Madhwacharya, who preached Tatvavada also installed Krishna idol in Udupi and appointed 8 saints to worship Sri Krishna on Co-operation basis (Paryaya). These saints continued their linage & became the moola purusha of 8 different mutts called Ashta mutts.
Sri Madhwacharya initiated Sri Vishnu Theertha to sanyasa to worship Sri Krishna & gave Sri Bhuvaraha idols. Sri Vishnu Theertha continued his lineage & it was known as Kumbhasi mutt later became famous as Sode Mutt. Sri Vishnu Theertha is the first pontiff / moola purusha of this mutt.
Before Sri Vadirajaru the main branch of this Mutt was in the village Kumbhasi near Shimoga & was called Kumbhasi Mutt. During Sri Vadiraja’s period Arasappa Nayaka of Sode honoured Vadiraja Swamiji by gifting land properties at Sode. Sri Vadiraja Swamiji constructed a big Mutt there and then onwards became famous as Sode Mutt. The main branches of all seven Mutts are in the villages of South Kanaka. But that of Sode Mutt alone is in the North Kanaka District. At Udupi Sode mutt is located at southern side of Car Street & left side of Sri Krishna temple.
The Sri Bhuvaraha idol is known for its remarkable iconography with Bhudevi on one thigh and the other leg supporting on the hood of serpent. Along with Bhuvaraha idol Sri Vadiraja included worshipping Sri Hayagreeva idol in the mutt. Sri Hayagreeva is the presiding deity of knowledge and accordingly the idol has in hand the mudra of knowledge, book, rosary and conch. Acharya madhwa gave him Vysamushti which he brought from badari which is getting worshipped even today in Sode mutt.
Below is brief description about the saints of Sode mutt guru parampare.
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