UDUPI: Vidyadheesha Tirtha Swami of Palimar Mutt ascended the “Paryaya Peetha,” also called the “Sarvajna Peetha,” at the 800-year-old Sri Krishna Mutt/Temple here on Thursday. It will be his second Paryaya.
The Palimar seer’s ascension gives him the rights to worship Lord Krishna and manage the affairs of the Krishna Math for the next two years. Elaborate rituals marked the ascension. He took charge from the outgoing Paryaya seer, Vishwesha Tirtha Swami of Pejawar Mutt, who completed his record fifth Paryaya.
The Pejawar seer is the first among the seers of the Ashta Mutts of Udupi to have ascended the Paryaya Peetha five times ever since the biennial Paryaya system began in 1522.
