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A matha is a term for monastic and similar religious establishments of the Hindu tradition. A matha is usually more formal, hierarchical, and rule-based than an ashram.
Oriya matha supplies the materials for some of the rituals. The matha provides trimundi chandua and silk clothes for Chaka apasara, till oil for Phooluri neeti, oil and ghee for Deva deepawali. It also repairs Kanakamundi, offers Chakata bhoga in Anasara and Panti bhoga and adharpana bhoga on certain days. On the day of Neeladri bije, the Mahanta makes manjana of ratnavedi. Oriya Matha was set up by Atibadi Jagannath Das,a poet-saint of Orissa in early part of the 16th century. |


