the journey continues…

“Kaale phalati surudrumahaa chintaamanirapi yaachane daataa
vararthi sakalam abhiishtam darshana maatraat shripaadaraajo munihi”

The above stotram says chintamani, kalpavruksha are celestial treasures, would give whatever one wants, when pray them. But, Sri Sripadarayaru, fulfills all wishes by mere darshan of his brindavan or even by rememberence of his name.

If you read the Bhajana Chandrika book everyday then you can see the above stotram which descibes the greatness of SriPadarayaru.
Mulbagilu was the residing place of Sreepadaraja Swamiji or simply Sripadaraya, a direct disciple of Saint Shri Madhwacharya.Its believed that he is the very incarnation of King Dhruva.Also referred as Dasa Pitamaha (Godfather of Dasaru) he was one of the outstanding Yathis of the Madhwa Parampara.”Sri Madhvanama” is a legendary composition of Sri Sripadarajaru, which explains the greatness of Hanuma, Bhima, Madhva avataras.
His vrindavanam is at Narasihma Teertha which is 2km from Mulabagilu in Kolar District.Official website of the mutt is : http://www.sripadarajamutt.org/ which has the address and other details.

When we went it was closed. I managed to take few pics from outside.Its around 100km from Bangalore and good for spending a whole day.
The below one is the Lord Hanumaan installed by Shri Vyasarayaru which is at Narahari Teertha,Mulbagilu.

You can get stotras and more information here.

“Prathamo Hanuman Nama Dwitheeyo Bheema Eva cha
Poornapragna Treetiyasthu Bhagavat Karya saadakaha”

Rigveda says Mukyaprana came in three incarnations (avatars) to lead the world as a Marga Darshaka (guide), and to uplift the world.His first avatar was Hanuman,second is Bhim and third is great saint Shri Madhwacharya.

Ananta Padmanabha Mandira in Pajaka is the home/birthplace of Sri Madhva. Here you can see a small shrine dedicated to Sri Ananta Padmanabha. Vasudeva [ original name of Shri Madhwacharya] spent his child hood in this house.There are some archaeological evidences of the life and times of Sri Madhwacharya at this place.
One such spot is the stone where his Aksharabhyasa was done.Now also people will come here and do the Aksharabhyasa for their kids on the same stone.

There is small pond called Vasudeva Teertha in the house. Madhwaharys’s parents used to collect water from 4 near by ponds [Parashutirtha ,Dhanustirtha , Baanatirtha, and Gadhaatirtha which are created by Parashurama] to take bath and perform daily rituals.When they become old,they couldn’t able to go,so Vasudeva created a fifth pond which has water from all the 4 ponds and it is called as Vasudeva Teertha.Taking dip in this pond is equivalent is to taking bath in all the other 4 ponds.

Once his father had incurred some debts.That time Shri.Madhwacharya took the creditor under a big tamarind tree and gave him handful of tamarind seeds.Those tamarind seeds turned in to gold coins.Now also there is a big tamarind tree in that place.

You can also see 2 big stones which the small boy Vasudeva had kept on the pots where his mom had kept curd and milk.

Manimanta was a demon and he tried to kill Vasudeva.Vasudeva used his big toe to press down on the demon’s head, and killed him. The impression of Vasudeva’s toe where Manimanta was slain, can still be seen in Pajaka.

Near by there is Madhva Mandira.
This is the place where Sri Vadiraja Swamy has installed the idol of Sri Madhva Acharya. You can also see the foot prints of Sri Acharya here.

Other places of interest here are
>>Kunjaru Giri Temple
which is 1km from Pajaka where Sri Durga resides. This small hillock is very beautiful giving the glimpses of Western ghats one side, Manipal at the another other side and the Arabian sea. You can do a nice trekking to reach the top.

>> Parashurama Temple
Opposite to the KunjaruGiri, there’s one more hillock where a temple is built for Lord Parashurama. At the base of the foot hill is one of the teertha he created thorwing his weapons which is called as Bana Teertha.

There are buses from Udupi to Pajaka but the frequency is less.
http://www.pajakakshetra.org/index.html is the official site of Pajaka Kshetra.