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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Emar Matha''' or '''Embar Mutt''' is a [[matha]] located in the south-eastern corner of [[Jagannath Temple, Puri]] outside the main Prakara near Kalikadevi Sahi.<br />
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This was one of the biggest and largest Mutt in Puri and Odisha which was demolished for beautification and need for space around the temple.<br />
Biswanath Das (1911-1995) was one of the key figure associated with the Mutt and served the Mutt during Ramanuja II. A statesman and intellectual, he was an avid reader and had excellent command of Sanskrit, Odia and Bengali and is known to have read more than 1000 books that once were in the Mutt’s Raghunandan library, the oldest library of Puri before it was demolished for beautification project around the temple. People far from the Odisha state would visit him for consultation on legal matters. During his time with Mutt as advisor which he served for more than 60 years, three Mahants were made in those six decades. He used to reside in Daitapara Sahi, Puri.<br />
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==History==<br />
[[Ramanujacharya]] while coming to [[Puri]] established this Mutt. It is said that Govindacharya (Govinda acharya) was the first pontif of this matha. Govindacharya was given the name Emperumannar, which means ''my lord'' in [[Tamil language|Tamil]]. Some of the disciples argued that if they call Govindacharya "my lord" then it may insult their Guru and [[Narayana]], so [[Ramanuja]] changed his name to Embar. Govindacharya was a cousin brother of Srimad Ramanuja, and he saved Ramanuja from Yadavaprakasha's conspiracy. The matha houses images of [[Krishna]] and [[Radha]] along with [[Rama]] parivaar.<br />
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==Archaeology==<br />
The doorjambs of Emar mutt are noteworthy to see. It has all features of [[Kalinga (historical region)|Kalingan]] architecture. The mutt was renovated during [[Maratha]] ruling on [[Orissa, India|Orissa]]. The followers of this mutt belong to [[Thengalai Iyengar|Thengalai]] sect of [[Srivaishnava]] sampradaya.<br />
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Approximately 18 tonnes of ancient silver treasure has been recovered from the mutt.<ref>http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4972982 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303095259/http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4972982 |date=2011-03-03 }} 18 tonnes of treasure recovered</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[MadhuraMangalam]]<br />
*[[Ramanuja]]<br />
*[[Ranganatha]]<br />
*[[Melkote]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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*[http://ignca.nic.in/asi_reports/orpuri117.pdf reports on Emar matha]<br />
*[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article1493118.ece treasure in Emar matha]<br />
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