Dr Murali K VDr Murali K V
Pajaka is the birth place of founder of Madhwa Sidhantha also called Dwaitha which is one of three Siddhanthss viz.,Dwaitha, Adwaitha & ,Visishta Dwaitha on the principles of Jeevatma & Paramathma differences by Sri Madhwacharya, Sri Sankaracharya & Sri Ramanuja chayas to bring back Hindu philosophies to arrest & spread of Jainism & Budhism by Mahavira & Gowthama Budha respectively. These philosophies are more than a thousand years old. The ksethra is vastly spread over more areas. There is accommodation of nearly 150 independent rooms with attached toilets and a balcony. No AC, hot water, lift facilities for three floor buildings separate from the temple. There is a big yagashala which can accommodate more than a thousand spectators. There is a separate multi storey hall where conferences, marriages, religious activities like muji, sashtipoorthi, bale thodusodu, namakarans, chavala, Kasi samaradhane, Vaikunta samaradhane, Thithi etc. There is an exclusive hall for pravachanadance programmes, discourses etc. Everywhere there are provisions for hand rails for the benefit of old persons. If intimated well in advance tiffin, food, palahara etc., can be provided by inmates. Even after reaching, food for afternoon & night can be told for service. Madwachary's pada, pond, Aksharabhyass, studies, statue etc., are all situated in the campus. Clean, calm, tidy, spacious, religiously contained, books, Pooja etc., are all available by the inmates or caretakers. I strongly feel functions of religious importance can be conducted at ease for at least > 500 persons for the city dwellers to concentrate & mindfully conduct functions. Even invitees can participate without a break, disturbance, mental strain, trouble free to exclusively concentrate for functions. A lot of parking space is available. City dwellers can arrive by their own vehicles or hire buses, TTs in small groups since roads are very good. Plenty of water availability is a plus point. Fans, toilets, wash basiyn etc., are provided in the rooms. Connectivity from Udupi ~20 km is a positive point. In and around lot of interesting, religious, ancient, important places etc., are worth visiting like Ruler Nayaka's Smaraka, Madwa Charya's tall statue, Malpe beach, Udupi Sri Krishna Kshethra, Mulki Sri Venkataramana Temple Mulki, Laksmi temple, Mangalore Mangaladevi, Venkataramana Temple, Museums, Manipal Kasturba Medical College Anatomy exhibition, Kundapur Maravathi, Suratkal beach, Panambur Port, Zoo, Kapu beach, Paryaya Swamiji's pre snana @ Danda kshethra, Sri Durga Parameshwari Temple etc. A speciality of South Kannada district & Udupi districts is that accommodation, food, Pooja, hospitality are provided by the temple authorities. Generally food is free, accommodation is very good @ nominal price with all essential facilities, transportation on demand, private buses ply inter district. What else? Venture immediately on tour for peaceful places @ nominal cost, no difficulty, all @ stone throw distance, food of no onion ,& garlic which is liked by elders & religious persons. Dr.K.V.Murali
Kumar JagannathKumar Jagannath
Hare Krishna, Pajaka Kshetra, the birth place of Sri Madhwacharya, situated seven miles south-east of Udupi Kunjaru hill, This hill is also known as `Durga betta’. On its foursides are four holy teerthas or tanks created by Lord Parashurama. On the eastern side is Parasu Teertha, on the southern side is Dhanus Teertha, on the west is Gada Teertha and on the north is Bana Teertha. Taking bath in these teerthas is considered to wash out all the sins. Pajaka bears many marks associated with the child-hood incidents of Sri Acharya.
In the temple premises we can see two temples one is the Sri Anantha Padmanabha temple. This is also known as `Moodu Matha’. The main deity here is being worshiped by ancestors of Madhwacharya. Here we can see a stone in front of Tulasi vrundavana on which child Vasudeva did Aksharaabhyasa. This being a holy stone on which Sri Madhwacharya did his Aksharaabhyasa, many devotees come to Pajaka and initiate their child’s Aksharaabhyasa on this stone itself.
In the vicinity of this temple there is a pond named Vasudeva theertha. In the childhood days of Madhwacharya, once his mother wanted to have holy dip four theerthas around Durga betta. But due to health issues it was not possible for her to go to those theerthas and have holy dip. At that time child Vasudeva created this pond and assured his mother that, a holy dip in this pond itself is equivalent to the dip in those four theerthas. Hence the pond is named as Vasudeva Theertha.
When we go around this theertha, we can see a tamarind tree. One person gave a cow to vasudeva’s dad to feed milk for the baby Vasudeva. But due to the poverty, Vasudeva’s dad could not pay anything to that person. Vasudeva gave few tamarind seeds to that person and when he saw it, it was turned out to be of gold. This is believed that the same tree which is next to Vasudeva theertha.
Next we can see a Nagabana towards eastern side of the vasudeva theertha. Vasudeva planted Ashwatta tree with upside down and the plant has grown to a big tree in the due course. The same tree was alive till few years ago. Now the Nagabana is being renovated.
Coming further we can see two big stones. It is believed that, child Vasudeva kept them on the vessels of milk and curd. Even these stones are being worshiped with utmost devotion as these are being touched by Sri Madhwacharya in his childhood.
Another temple present in Pajaka is of Madhwacharya itself. Here we can see footprints of Vasudeva on the stones. There is a story beind these footprints which is quoted in “ Sumadhwa Vijaya” Composed by sri Narayana Pandithaacharyaru. Once Vasudeva had gone up to the Durga hill. Hearing his mother calling him, he jumped back to his house in one hop and the place where he hopped still bears the mark of his feet. On this very spot Sri Vadiraja Teertha of Sode matt installed an idol of Sri Madhwacharya which he wanted to install in Sode otherwise.
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