Krishna matha

The World Fomous Temple

The World Fomous Temple

The Krishna Matha was founded by the Vaishnavite saint Jagadguru Shri Madhwacharya in the 13th century. He was the founder of the Dvaita school of Vedanta. It is believed that Madhwacharya found the murti of Sri Krishna in a large ball of gopichandana. [2] As told by Sri Madhwacharya, in his Tantrasara Sangraha, the murti is placed Pashchimabhimukha(facing West). All the other murtis in other Ashta mutts are facing Western side as well. Some how a folklore story started that once Kanakadasa, a pious worshipper and devotee of Lord Krishna, was staying in a makeshift hermitage in front of Krishna mutt. Despite being an ardent devotee of Lord Krishna, he was not allowed to enter the temple as he was an untouchable. However, pleased with his devoutness, the idol facing the direction of east turned to west and there was a crack in the wall wide enough for Kanakadasa to have darshana of the murti. This story has multiple issues. If the statue is already facing West, turning from East to West does not make sense. There are no signs in the structure that even remotely indicates the statue turning. Always the devotees had darshan thru the inner window, known as Navagraha kindi. The outer window is what is called Kanakana kindi. Even today the devotees witness Lord Krishna through the inner window. The outer window is known as Kanakanakhindi, and is decorated by an arch named after him. A statue has also been erected. A similar window covers the immediate front of the murti and is called Navagraha kindi. It is often mistaken to be Kanakana kindi.

The temple opens by 5.30 in the morning. The unique feature of the temple is that the deity is worshipped through the silver-plated window with nine holes (Navagraha kindi).[3] The temple also offers prasadam (lunch) in the noon.