Madhva Mathas

Jagadguru Shri Madhvacharya, the founder of Dvaita Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy, studied in an Advaita Vedanta monastery like Ramanuja, then disagreed with Advaita, launched theistic Dvaita school of Vedanta interpretation,defeated many powerful Advaita Pontiff's, Buddhist Saints, Jain Saints such as Achyutapraksha (who is his own guru), Padmanabha Tirtha, Trivikrama Panditacharya, Akshobhya Tirtha and established twenty four Madhva mathas (monasteries) all over India,Including those in Udupi by the early 13th century. The main center of Madhva's tradition is in Karnataka. The Ashta Mathas of Udupi are situated in the temple town of Udupi. The mathas work to propagate the Dvaita philosophy. They also administer the famous Udupi Krishna Temple by way of a formal rotation scheme called Paryaya.The process and Vedic mantra rituals for Krishna worship in Dvaita monasteries follow the procedure written by Madhvacharya in Tantrasara. The succession ceremony in Dvaita school involves the outgoing Swamiji welcoming the incoming one, then walking together to the icon of Madhvacharya at the entrance of Krishna temple in Udupi, offering water to him, expressing reverence then handing over the same vessel with water that Madhvacharya used when he handed over the leadership of the monastery he founded.

The monastery include kitchens, bhojan-shala, run by monks and volunteers. These serve food daily to nearly 3,000 to 4,000 monks, students and visiting pilgrims without social discrimination. During succession ceremonies, over 10,000 people are served a vegetarian meal by Udupi bhojan-shalas.

There are three mathas which enjoy the status of Matha traya (the three premiere madhva mathas)they are:

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