Living Traditions in Contemporary Context: The Madhva Matha of Udupi

This book examines a monastic intitution - the Madhva Matha of Udupi (Udipi) in Southern Karnataka - as a site of the formation of religious opinion, of monastic training, and practice, and the transmission of knowledge. The author brings both sociological and textual perspectives to bear on his work. Vasudeva Rao's is one of the books to focus on amonastic institution as the site of the formation of religious opinion in the context of monastic training and practice. His work provides an understanding of doxa or religious opinion in the context of the Madhva tradition of South India.