OpinionMaster July 2013 Vol-1 | Page 11

begin at 9 am on January 17 and end on January 18 at 5 am . The Sode math seer would ascend the Paryaya Peetha at Sri Krishna math / temple here on Wednesday . It is believed that Puttige seer was not invited to the Paryaya durbar because he visited foreign countries , which is a taboo among a majority of the seers of Ashta maths . Addressing presspersons here , Visvesha Tirtha said he would go on fast from midnight of January 17 till noon on January 18 as he could not have meals when Sugunendra Tirtha Swami of Puttige math was foregoing it . He , would however have two glasses of milk on each day . The Pejawar seer said he tried his best to urge the Sode seer to invite the Puttige Swami to Paryaya Durbar . But the Sode seer told him that he had received directions from his predecessor the late Vishwothama Tirtha which he could not violate . I have no objection to the Puttige seer attending the durbar function , but other seers of Ashta maths are opposed to it . It is the perogative of incoming Paryaya seer [ sode seer ] to invite or not to invite any seer ," he said .
He ( Pejawar seer ) said the Puttige seer had assured the seers of the Ashta math that he would not touch the idol of lord Krishna while worshipping it , When he ascended the Paryaya Peetha for the third time in 2008 . But he did not give it in writing . Journal published by the Puttige math , it was given later that Puttige seer had touched the idol . This angered the other seers of Ashta math . However as he ( Pejawar seer ) believed that the Puttige seer was following the condition of not touching the idol of Lord Krishna , he attended the religion functions during the Puttige seer ' s third Paryaya .
Pejawar seer also revealed - A couple of centuries ago , Vrandavanacharya of Sode math ( 1776-1865 ) did not invite any seers of other maths and ascended the Paryaya Peetha .
During his ( Pejawar seer ' s ) third Paryaya ( 1984-86 ) some seer of Ashta maths did not turn up because of a controversy regarding the succession of a seer of the Palimar math , Pejawar seer said .
Negotiations to resolve the crisis arising from the omission of names of Sugunendra Tirtha Swami of Puttige math in the invitation of Paryaya durbar function of Visvavallabha Tirtha Swami of Sode Vadiraja math succeeded after the intervention of Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda here on Tuesday ( 17 / 1 / 2012 ).
Vishwavallabha Tirtha would be ascending the Paryaya Peetha at the Sri Krishna math / temple on Wednesday ( 18 / 1 / 2012 ). Due to the resolution of the invitation row both the Puttige seer and Sri Visvesha Tirtha swami of Pejawar math ended his fast at Amanteshwara temple seeking unity among the Ashta maths of Udupi while Pejawar seer had also gone on fast , Sri Sugunendra Tirtha said that Mr Sadananda Gowda – CM urged him to give up fast on behalf of people of Karnataka . " I wish the Sode seer all success on his first Paryaya . I have decided to absent myself from his Prayaya function I want his Paryaya function to proceed smoothly without any problem . I knew the result of my fast , once Pejawar seer decided to go on a fast " said Puttige seer . However the main