Udupi Shri Krishna Matta

The people when they hear the name of udupi the first thing that come to their mind is the shri Krishna matta. Udupi Sri Krishna Matha is a famous Hindu temple of god Krishna located in the town of. The matta area resembles with a living ashram, a holy place for daily devotion and living. Krishna temple is surrounded by many other temples also. The temple has a big and ancient history. The main thing in this temple is we need to see the god only in a small window called Kanakanakhindi. The history says that once kankadase was worship the god there was a earthquake in the night and the outer temple wall cracked such a way that there was a wide enough opening for Kanakadasa to have darshana of the idol. And this wall crack has now become Kankankhind. The will be festival once in every two year called ‘paryaya’.  This paryaya will be grand and celebrated all over udupi. Whole city will be full of lightings. At the time of festival many cultural programs will be there for the purpose of entertainment. It will continue for more than one week.