Comments on: The Eight Tulu Monasteries of Udupi

By: M Rajgopal

M Rajgopal — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:45:23 +0000

I fully agree with Sr Saralaya. The surname of Madwacharyas father is Nadillaya. This means Middle home in Tulu. Therae are surnames like Miththillaya Sirthillaya etc. These are typical Tulu words / surnames. Certainly ACharyas father and who knows his fore father also was speaking TULU. No doubt about this.

By: Raghu Saralaya

Raghu Saralaya — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 08:45:41 +0000

As praveen rao claims no one is arguing here.What madhvacharya spoke may not be important to others(kannada madhvas) but will surely matter to use because it(Tulu) is our mother tounge.What he taught has been carried to us from our ancestors not only in sanskrit but also in our mother tounge.So its our primary duty to safegaurd our mother tounge and sr madhvacharya’s teachings.And the question of how much one is practising again depends on our teaching to children.A small child may not understand sanskrit but will surely understand our mother tounge.So language is very important.This clearely shows all of us are awake

By: praveenrao

praveenrao — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 06:48:38 +0000

Hi
Its unfortunate that we still keep arguing which language madhwa spoke…
that is not important at all…after a language orginated from sound…a lion understands lion’s roar,dog its barking…like that the languages have emerged and evolved with sounds and sylablles how people understand….

what is important is….have we understood madhwa philiospophy how much of it are you practicing, how much do you believe in it…that is what is important not if madhwa was a shivalli or a deshastha… for god sake stop this spread of regionalism if madhwa had been regional in nature, madhwa philospohy would have got restricted to udipi… will you please wake up….!!!!!

By: Supriya Acharya

Supriya Acharya — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:53:55 +0000

Narayana smaranams
Even before Sri Madhwacharya people of udupi used tulu language and Acharya madhwa’s family belonged to this sect. So that proves that tulu language is more than 700 years old. So that clears the doubt of Sri Harish Madhyastha’s about the time of the language. If some people of tulunadu follow sringeri mutt does that mean that the swamiji’s name can be included in Madhwa ASHTA MUTT. So it is better to know the fact before saying the site is misguiding youngsters. We cannot just keep adding different mutt swamiji’s names under an established mutt organisation. So please know the facts before commenting. Info on the site is perfectly correct .

By: Raghu Saralaya

Raghu Saralaya — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:25:31 +0000

Madhwacharya’s mother tongue was Tulu not Kannada .The initial followers of the madhwa philosophy were Tulu Madhwa Shivalli Brahmins. The Ashta mutts are Tulu Mutts and not Kannada Mutts.Even now Ashta Mutts Guruvaryas sign in Tulu script.
Its a matter of pride to say that Madhwacharya and Vadiraja Guruvarya were both Tulu Shivalli Brahmins.and according to HARISH MADHYASTHA shivalli brahmins site is not providing any wrong information.The website is just providing what is fact.There are also Kannada Madhwas and Kannada Madhwa mutts but that doesnt mean Entire madhwa community is Kannada.Its an Undisputed fact that Madhwacharya was Tulu Shivalli brahmin and Astha Mutts are Tulu Mutts ( including Kukke Subramanya/Bhandarakeri/Bhimanakatte). So info available on shivallibrahmins site is cent present correct

By: bhattathiri

bhattathiri — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 09:25:13 +0000

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By: HARISH MADHYASTHA

HARISH MADHYASTHA — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:17:41 +0000

i just want to continue the discussion……….if anything wrong, please forgive me.

u have told in your article that, The Eight Tulu Monasteries of Udupi…it means tulu language is only 700 year old.!!!!!!!!!!! before that which language was there…even many people in tulunadu believe in sringeri also……..can we also include sringeri swamiji in this list…then it become 9……again, tulu people are not only the madwa followers,,,, there are tamils, kannadigas,etc…8 swamijis are not only limited to tulu or kannada………..we cant give wrong direction to young generation… Raghavendra swamiji was from tamilnadu………and he followed madwacharya…and his place at present is in andhra pradesh…………do u think only tulu people follow madwa philosophy.? can we atleast stop all these type of differences ? God dont see at languages, caste or money ..let us not give much importance to those differences.we should start prayer to save this sanathana dharma, instead of finding these differences and fighting between us..Tulunadu ruled by many people before madwacharya period also. and there were many saints lived here and they also contributed much on tulu or tulunadu…am not against to Madwa tathva. Am against to the present situation.

i will write again on this….am busy now

By: HARISH MADHYASTHA

HARISH MADHYASTHA — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:56:47 +0000

Namaskara.

You are mentioned about ashta mathas…….can you please give the details about life before Guru Madwacharya at udupi or shivalli……..For your kind information………it was a Ashta Bhairava’s……in the middle Kala Bhairava is there( At present people call it as Anantheshwara)……Ashta matha is in the circle of Anantheshwara………not Krishna Math…..

I agree to all the story which you have told…But let us also give the story of before Guru Madwacharya.

Thanks

By: krsna acyuta dasa

krsna acyuta dasa — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:37:02 +0000

Please accept my humble pranams.

Coming dasara holydays we are planning to visit the holy land of Udupi and we would lke to take darshan of Sri Madava charya’s birth place and about him. We are the followers of Brahma Madava Goudiya sampradya.( ISCKON). Your guidence in this regard will be considered asauthoratative.

Expecting guidence and advice.

Dandavats

Krsna Acyuta Das