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Emar Matha or Embar Mutt is a matha located in the south-eastern (agneya kona)corner of Jagannath Temple, Puri outside the main Prakara near Kalikadevi Sahi.

This was one of the biggest and largest Mutt in Puri and Odisha government which was demolished for beautification and need for space around the temple. 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, Sanskrit 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.

History

Ramanujacharya while coming to Puri established this Mutt. It is said that Govindacharya (Govinda acharya) was the first pontif of this matha. Govindacharyas other name was Embar,by the name Embar the mutts name was emar mutt .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.

Archaeology

The doorjambs of Emar mutt are noteworthy to see. It has all features of Kalingan architecture. The mutt was renovated during Maratha ruling on Orissa. The followers of this mutt belong to Thengalai sect of Srivaishnava sampradaya.

Approximately 18 tonnes of ancient silver treasure has been recovered from the mutt.^[1]

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^ http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4972982 Archived 2011-03-03 at the Wayback Machine 18 tonnes of treasure recovered

v t e Temples and sacred places in Puri
Jagannath Temple Complex	Jagannath Temple, Puri Vimala Temple Gundicha Temple
Pancha Tirtha of Puri	Indradyumana Tank Rohini Kunda Markandeya Tank Swetaganga Tank The Sea
Notable temples	Alamchandi Temple Bata Mangala Temple Chakra Narasimha Temple Lokanatha Temple Markandeshwar Temple Mausi Maa Temple Narasimha Temple, Puri
Monasteries and maths	Emar Matha Govardhan Math Radhakanta Math
See also	Mahaprasad Nilachala Nila Chakra Neela Madhava Samkha Kshetra ISKCON
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