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UDUPI: Udupi Krishna Temple is on the cusp of a religious milestone when it enters the 500th year of biennial paryaya system on January 18. Paryaya is a unique tradition of this temple that defines principles for transfer of exclusive rights to worship Lord Krishna, the presiding deity among the seers of ashta mutts of Udupi for a two-year period. At present, the temple is into the second paryaya in the 32nd paryaya cycle with each cycle lasting 16-years.
Earlier, the eight disciples of Sri Madhwacharya, chief proponent of dvaita school of Vedas, were given the rights to worship the presiding deity for two months. Sri Vadiraja Thirtha swami changed this to a biennial system on January 18, 1522. The 16-year cycle starts with Palimaru and ends with Pejavar mutts with Adamaru, Krishnapura, Puthige, Shiroor, Sode and Kaniyoor seers handling the second to seventh paryaya in that cycle.