Consider the following statements regarding Madhvacharya, a prominent philosopher of the Bhakti movement:
1. He propounded the philosophy of Dvaita (Dualism), arguing that the individual soul and the Supreme Reality (Vishnu) are eternally separate.
2. He founded the famous Krishna Matha at Udupi in Karnataka.
3. According to his philosophy, the physical world is merely an illusion (Maya) and has no real existence.
Which of the statements given above are correct?

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Statement 3 is incorrect. Unlike Shankara, Madhvacharya completely rejected the concept of Maya. In Dvaita philosophy, both God and the material world are absolutely real, but the world is entirely dependent on God. Statements 1 and 2 are correct.

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