Sri Narasimha - Subrahmanya Matha

When Sri Madhvacharya visited Badarinath, he was presented eight saligrama shilas known as ‘Vyasa mushti’, by Sri Vedavyasa devaru. Six of these saligramas are presently being worshipped in this maTha.

Along with the Vyasamushtis, Sri Vedavyasa devaru also gave Madhva a Narasimha saligrama, which is said to be very powerful. Madhvacharya placed this Narasimha saligrama in a box (sampuTa), along with 22 Lakshmi Narayana shilas and 5 Vyasamushti shilas. (only one Vyasamushti shila is worshipped outside the box)

Although the Narasimha saligrama is worshipped daily, it is always kept inside the box, except for bathing. Only the maThAdhipati of this maTha can open this box and touch the saligrama inside. Nobody else is allowed to see this Deity. If the peeThAdhipati of the maTha becomes sick, then on those days only the pooja rights of this saligrama goes to the swamiji of Sri Pejavara maTha in Udupi.

The first maThAdhipati Sri Vishnu teertha is said to be still residing in the forests in Kumara hills nearby where he is performing tapas. He sometimes returns to the maTha to perform puja to the Samputa Narasimha. Many devotees have heard the sound of bells inside the garbha-griha late at night when the temple is locked !

The second maThAdhipati of this maTha was Sri Aniruddha teertha (also a direct disciple of Sri Madhwacharya). During his time, King Ballala Raya of the Hoysala Dynasty stole the box containing the Narasimha saligrama.

Desiring to see the Deity, he hired four blacksmiths to forcibly open the box. Unfortunately, when they tried, they all died on the spot. The king also tried to open the box by having an elephant stand on it – the result was that the elephant also died immediately.

Sri Vidyaaprasanna Teertharu - Subrahmanya Matha

Because of this great offense, King Ballala Raya felt a great burning sensation within his body, and it was only when he returned the Samputa Narasimha to Sri Aniruddha teertha and obtained his blessings that he was relieved from his malady.

(In the compound of the Subrahmanya temple there is a statue of King Ballala Raya which commemorates this incident. Pilgrims offer him cotton, mustard, butter and pumpkin to cool his body down.)

It is also believed that Sri Vishnu teertha had in fact carried the Samputa Narasimha saligrama (with the box) along with him to the forests, and sent back the same through the Kumara Dhaara river, upon request by Sri Aniruddha teertha.

Along with the saligamas, there are a number of other Deities, which belonged to previous pontiffs of the maTha, including a Laksmi-Narasimha Deity and Deities of Vittala, Rukmini and Satyabhama.

The present maThAdhipati is Sri Vidyaprasanna teertha swamiji, and he runs an educational institution at a place called biLinele.

Parampare:

1. Sri Vishnu Teertharu
2. Sri Aniruddha Teertharu
3. Sri Varaaha Teertharu
4. Sri Vaageesha Teertharu
5. Sri Vishwesha Teertharu
6. Sri Venkatesha Teertharu
7. Sri Vakyadheesha Teertharu
8. Sri Vidyaapathi Teertharu
9. Sri Vaasudeva Teertharu
10. Sri Vaamana Teertharu
11. Sri Vedavyaasa Teertharu
12. Sri Vaikuntavallabha Teertharu
13. Sri Vijnaana Teertharu
14. Sri Vimalathma Teertharu
15. Sri Vibhudhesha Teertharu
16. Sri Vedagarbha Teertharu
17. Sri Vedapoojya Teertharu
18. Sri Vedesha Teertharu
19. Sri Vidyaadhiraaja Teertharu
20. Sri Varadaraaja Teertharu
21. Sri Varadesha Teertharu
22. Sri Vidyaanidhi Teertharu
23. Sri Vedaanthanidhi Teertharu
24. Sri Vidyaadhipathi Teertharu
25. Sri Vishwapooja Teertharu
26. Sri Vishwavanddya Teertharu
27. Sri Vishwaadhipathi Teertharu
28. Sri Vishwapathi Teertharu
29. Sri Vishwaadheesha Teertharu
30. Sri Vidhyadheesha Teertharu
31. Sri Vidhyaavallabha Teertharu
32. Sri Vedaraaja Teertharu
33. Sri Vidyaaraaja Teertharu
34. Sri Vidyaapoorna Teertharu
35. Sri Vyasa Teertharu
36. Sri Vishwaanja Teertharu
37. Sri Vidyaasindhu Teertharu
38. Sri Vidhyabhooshana Teertharu
39. Sri Vidyaaprasanna Teertharu

Sri Bandarakeri maTha traces its origin from Sri Achyutha prajna, and then through Sri Madhwacharya and Sri Sathya teertha. The same maTha is said to have bifurcated into Sri Bheemana kaTTe maTha (of Theerthahalli taluk).

Yati parampara:

1. Sri Achyuta prajna
2. Sri Poorna prajna
3. Sri Satya teertha
4. Sri Satyavrata teertha
5. Sri Vishwadeesha teertha
6. Sri Gadhadhara teertha
7. Sri Vedanta teertha
8. Sri Vidyadheesha teertha
9. Sri Vishwamurti teertha
10. Sri Raghuvedanta teertha
11. Sri Raghunatha teertha
12. Sri Hiranyagarbha teertha
13. Sri Raghuvara teertha
14. Sri Damodara teertha
15. Sri Raghuvallabha teertha
16. Sri Surottama teertha
17. Sri Vishwottama teertha
18. Sri Rajadhiraja teertha
19. Sri Raghavendra teertha
20. Sri Raghubhushana teertha
21. Sri Raghuvarya teertha
22. Sri Raghupungava teertha
23. Sri Raghuvarya teertha
24. Sri Raghuraja teertha
25. Sri Rajavandya teertha
26. Sri Vidyaraja teertha
27. Sri Vidyadhiraja teertha
28. Sri Vidyasagara teertha
29. Sri Vidyapati teertha
30. Sri Vidyanidhi teertha
31. Sri Vidyarnava teertha
32. Sri Vidyamanya teertha (succeeded to Sri Palimar mutt)
33. Sri Vidyesha teertha (present yati)

The 32nd peeThAdhipati Sri Vidyamanya teertharu was a great scholar. He is the Guru of:-
Sri Vishwesha teertha (of Pejavar maTha),
Sri Vidyadeesha teertha (of Palimaru maTha),
Sri Vishwapriya teertha (of Admaru maTha),
Sri Sugunendra teertha (of Puttige maTha),
Sri Vidyesha teertha (of Bandarakeri maTha)
and Sri Bannanje Govindacharya.

Pejavara Matha - Sri Vittala

Sri Pejavara maTha is the last in the list of Udupi aShTa maThas. It derives its name from the village Pejavara where there is the original branch of this maTha.

The first peeThAdhipati of this maTha is Sri Adhokshaja teertha who was one of the direct disciples of Acharya Madhwa. He received the icon of Sri ViThala with SridEvi and BhUdEvi from Madhwacharya. An icon of Sri Rama is also worshipped here along with the main icon. This tradition was started by Sri Vijayadhwaja teertha.

PeeThAdhipatis:

1. Sri Adhokshaja teertha
2. Sri Kamalaksha teertha
3. Sri Pushkaraksha teertha
4. Sri Amarendra teertha
5. Sri Mahendra teertha
6. Sri Vijayadhvaja teertha
7. Sri Uttama teertha
8. Sri Chintamani teertha
9. Sri Damodara teertha
10. Sri Vasudeva teertha
11. Sri Vadindra teertha
12. Sri Vedagarbha teertha
13. Sri Vishvaprajna teertha
14. Sri Vijaya teertha
15. Sri Vishvavijaya teertha
16. Sri Vishveshwara teertha
17. Sri Vishvabhushana teertha
18. Sri Vishvavandya teertha
19. Sri Vidyaraja teertha
20. Sri Vishvamurthy teertha
21. Sri Vishvapathi teertha
22. Sri Vishvanidhi teertha
23. Sri Vishvadhisha teertha
24. Sri Vishvadhiraja teertha
25. Sri Vishvabodha teertha
26. Sri Vishvavallabha teertha
27. Sri Vishvapriya teertha
28. Sri Vishvavarya teertha
29. Sri Vishvaraja teertha
30. Sri Vishvamanohara teertha
31. Sri Vishvajna teertha
32. Sri Vishvamanya teertha
33. Sri Vishvesha teertha (present, senior)
34. Sri Vishvaprasanna teertha (present, junior)

Kaniyooru Matha - Sri Narasimha

The seventh maTha among Udupi maThas is Sri kANiyUru maTha. It derives its name from the village of Kaniyuru where we can find the main branch of this maTha. The first peeThAdhipati of this maTha was Sri Rama teertha who was one of the direct disciples of Acharya Madhva. Sri Madhva bestowed on him the icon of Yoga Narasimha to worship. This icon has four hands and is seated on a swastika symbol. In His two hands, He holds the shankha and chakra and his other two hands are held on his lap.

Yati parampara:

1. Sri Rama teertha
2. Sri Raghunatha teertha
3. Sri Raghupathi teertha
4. Sri Raghunandana teertha
5. Sri Yadunandana teertha
6. Sri Vishvatma teertha
7. Sri Vishvanatha teertha
8. Sri Vedagarbha teertha
9. Sri Vagisha teertha
10. Sri Varadapati teertha
11. Sri Vishvapati teertha
12. Sri Vishvamula teertha
13. Sri Vedapati teertha
14. Sri Vedaraja teertha
15. Sri Vidyadhisha teertha
16. Sri Vibudhesha teertha
17. Sri Varijaksha teertha
18. Sri Vishvendra teertha
19. Sri Vibudhavandya teertha
20. Sri Vibudhadhiraja teertha
21. Sri Vidyaraja teertha
22. Sri Vibudhapriya teertha
23. Sri Vidyasagara teertha
24. Sri Vasudeva teertha
25. Sri Vidyapati teertha
26. Sri Vamana teertha
27. Sri Vidyanidhi teertha
28. Sri Vidyasamudra teertha
29. Sri Vidyavarinidhi teertha
30. Sri Vidyavallabha teertha

Sri Vidyavallabha teertha is the current peeThAdhipati of this maTha. He is mainly involved in the maintenance and improvements of Sri Pajaka Kshetra, the birth place of Madhwacharya. He also runs a gurukula known as Anandateertha gurukula in Pajaka.

Sode Matha - Sri Bhuvaraha

The 6th maTha among the Udupi aShTa maThas is the Sode maTha. Two great yatis of all times have adorned the peeTha of this maTha. They are Sri Vishnu teertha and Sri Vadiraja teertha.

Sri Vishnu teertha was the first peeThAdhipati of Sode maTha. He was the younger brother of Sri Madhwacharya in poorvAshrama. He is still said to be alive and performing tapasya at the Kumaradri hills near Kukke Subrahmanya. In distant future he is supposed to revive the Tatvavaada philosophy once again, which by then would have become extinct. For this same purpose Sri Madhwacharya is believed to have preserved his sarvamoola granthas on copper plates, and buried them in a place called Kadtila or Setutila. Incidentally, Sri Vishnu teertha is also the founder of Kukke Subrahmanya maTha.

Sri Sode maTha is unique amongst the Udupi aShTa maThas in the sense that its headquarter is situated at a place called Sode in Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, whereas all the remaining 7 maThas have their headquarters in Udupi district itself. Interestingly, this maTha was originally known by the name KumbhAshi maTha, with main branch at KumbhAshi near Udupi. (Sri Vadiraja teertha’s birth place Huvinakere is very near to KumbhAshi.) But during the time of Sri Vadiraja, the main branch of this maTha got shifted to Sode, and then onwards it came to be known as Sode maTha.

Sode maTha - Sri Hayagreeva

The main deity of Sode maTha is Sri BhUvarAha, presented to Sri Vishnu teertha by Sri Madhwacharya himself. This idol is known for its beautiful iconography with one thigh of VarAha supporting BhUdEvi, and another leg on the hood of a serpent. Along with this idol, the idol of Lord Hayagreeva is also worshiped in this maTha, which was presented by a local goldsmith to Sri Vadiraja.

Yati parampara:

1. Sri Vishnu Tirtha
2. Sri Vedavyasa Tirtha
3. Sri Vedavedya Tirtha
4. Sri Vedagarbha Tirtha
5. Sri Vareesha Tirtha
6. Sri Vamana Tirtha
7. Sri Vasudeva Tirtha
8. Sri Vedavyasa Tirtha
9. Sri Varaha Tirtha
10. Sri Vedatma Tirtha
11. Sri Vishvavandya Tirtha
12. Sri Ratnagarbha Tirtha
13. Sri Vedanga Tirtha
14. Sri Vidyapati Tirtha
15. Sri Vishvavandya Tirtha
16. Sri Vishva Tirtha
17. Sri Vithala Tirtha
18. Sri Varadaraja Tirtha
19. Sri Vagisha Tirtha
20. Sri Vadiraja Tirtha
21. Sri Vedavedya Tirtha
22. Sri Vidyanidhi Tirtha
23. Sri Vedanidhi Tirtha
24. Sri Varadaraja Tirtha
25. Sri Vishvadhirajendra Tirtha
26. Sri Vadivandya Tirtha
27. Sri Vishvavandya Tirtha
28. Sri Vibudhaavarya Tirtha
29. Sri Vishvanidhi Tirtha
30. Sri Vishvadhisha Tirtha
31. Sri Vishvesha Tirtha
32. Sri Vishvapriya Tirtha
33. Sri Vishvadhisha Tirtha
34. Sri Vishvendra Tirtha
35. Sri Vishvottama Tirtha
36. Sri Vishvavallabha Tirtha (present)

The 35th pontiff in the lineage was Sri Vishvottama teertha swamiji. He was born in 1934, and took sanyasa ashrama in 1943 at the age of 9 years. He conducted four paryayas during the years 1948-49, 1964-65, 1980-81 and 1996-97. He initiated Sri Vishwavallabha teertha as his junior swamiji in the year 2006, and passed away on 18 August 2007 when he was 73 years of age.

Shirooru Matha - Sri Vittala

The fifth maTha among the ashTa maThas of Udupi is Sri Shirur maTha. The main branch of this maTha is in a village called Shirur in Udupi district. The first yati was Sri Vaamana teertha, one of the direct disciples of Sriman Madhwacharya. The main idol worshipped in this maTha is that of Sri ViThala with Sridevi and Bhudevi, which was presented to the first peeThAdhipati by Sri Madhva himself.

The Guru parampara of this MaTha:

1. Sri Vamana Tirtha
2. Sri Vasudeva Tirtha
3. Sri Punyashloka Tirtha
4. Sri Vedagamya Tirtha
5. Sri Vedavyasa Tirtha
6. Sri Vedavedya Tirtha
7. Sri Mahesha Tirtha
8. Sri Krishna Tirtha
9. Sri Raghava Tirtha
10. Sri Suresha Tirtha
11. Sri Vedabhushana Tirtha
12. Sri Srinivasa Tirtha
13. Sri Vedanidhi Tirtha
14. Sri Sridhara Tirtha
15. Sri Yadavittama Tirtha
16. Sri Lakshminarayana Tirtha
17. Sri Vishvabhushana Tirtha
18. Sri Trailokyapavana Tirtha
19. Sri Lakshmikanta Tirtha
20. Sri Lakshminarayana Tirtha
21. Sri Lakshmipathi Tirtha
22. Sri Lakshmidhara Tirtha
23. Sri Lakshmiramana Tirtha
24. Sri Lakshmimanohara Tirtha
25. Sri Lakshmipriya Tirtha
26. Sri Lakshmivallabha Tirtha
27. Sri Lakshmisamudra Tirtha
28. Sri Lakshmindra Tirtha
29. Sri Lakshmimanojna tirtha (renounced the seat)
30. Sri Lakshmivara Tirtha (present swamiji)

The 30th piiThAdhipati in the lineage, Sri Lakshmivara teertha, is the present chief of this maTha. He was initiated at the age of 8 years in June 1971. He completed two paryayas in the years 1978-79 and 1994-95.

Preparations are already on for his forthcoming paryaya in 2010-2011. He is famous for beautifully and artistically decorating the Udupi Krishna idol both during his paryaya and that of others’.

Puttige Matha - Sri Vittala

The main branch of Putthige maTha is in a village called Putthige in Puttur taluk, Daskhina Kannada district, Karnataka. Sri Upendra teertha, one of the direct disciples of Sri Madhvacharya was the first peeThAdhipati of this maTha. Sri Madhvacharya gifted the main deities Sri ViThala with Rukmini and Satyabhama to the first yati. The ViThala icon has a smiling face, conch in one hand, and other hand with abhaya mudra on the waist.

Yati parampara:

1. Sri Upendra Teertha
2. Sri Kavindra Teertha
3. Sri Hamsendra Teertha
4. Sri Yadavendra Teertha
5. Sri Dharanidhara Teertha
6. Sri Damodara Teertha
7. Sri Raghunatha Teertha
8. Sri Srivatsanka Teertha
9. Sri Gopinatha Teertha
10. Sri Ranganatha Teertha
11. Sri Lokanatha Teertha
12. Sri Ramanatha Teertha
13. Sri Srivallabha Teertha
14. Sri Srinivasa Teertha
15. Sri Srinidhi Teertha
16. Sri Gunanidhi Teertha
17. Sri Anandanidhi Teertha
18. Sri Taponidhi Teertha
19. Sri Yadavendra Teertha
20. Sri Kavindra Teertha
21. Sri Raghavendra Teertha
22. Sri Vibudhendra Teertha
23. Sri Surendra Teertha
24. Sri Bhuvanendra Teertha
25. Sri Yogindra Teertha
26. Sri Sumatindra Teertha
27. Sri Sudhindra Teertha
28. Sri Sujnanendra Teertha
29. Sri SugunendraTeertha (present)

Present swamiji: Shri Sugunendra teertha

Born: 1961
Purvashrama name: Hayavadana
Birth place: Maniyuru near Udupi
Father: Govinda Acharya
Mother: Kamalamma
Initiated to sanyasa: 8 April 1974 at the age of 13 years
Guru: Sri Vidyamanya teertha of Bandarakeri maTha
Paryaya: 1976-77, 1992-93, 2008-2009

Sri Sugunendra teertha swamiji established Suguna Trust which is now publishing two periodicals “Sugunamaala” in Kannada and “Suguna Digest” in English. He also established Sri Putthige Vidya PeeTha to produce full-fledged priests to perform various religious rituals.

During his second paryaya he built Geeta Mandira in Udupi which contained Dhyana mandir, Madhwa mandir and Akshara mandir. All the sholkas of Bhagavad geeta and Vishnu Sahasranaama are inscribed on black granite and fixed on the inside walls of this mandir. This architectural masterpiece was inaugurated by the then King of Nepal Sri Bir Bikram Shahdev in December 1993.

In 1997 Swamiji was invited by the NRI members of Cyber Madhwa Sangha and Venkateshwara Temple in Pittsburg to pay a visit to USA which, the swamiji accepted. He toured the length and breadth of USA and gave discourses, conducted seminars and attended philosophical conferences at many places. He also addressed the students of Arizona State University and other universities. He received honours from the Mayors of Oklahama City and other cities. Shri Swamiji established Vishwa Madhwa Sangha for the propagation of spirituality and Tatvavaada far and wide. He was elected the President of World Conference on Religion and Peace for a team of five years.

In 1999 Swamiji paid second visit to USA and got involved in various religious, educational and cultural activities. There he met the US President George Bush and Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Swamiji was able to inspire the NRIs to establish three Hindu temples at cities of Phoenix, New Jersy and Los Angeles, and assured that all the prescribed rituals were conducted regularly. The world famous Daily, The Washington Post highlighted Swamiji’s personality and achievements and paid him rich tributes. He also addressed the World Conference on Religion and peace held art Amman, Jordan.

Back home, his third paryaya had a controversial beginning with a section of Madhwas objecting about he ascending the PeeTha and touching the Krishna idol at Udupi. After timely intervention and pressure by other yatis, he finally decided to perform Krishna pooja without physically touching the idol. The alankara pooja, abhisheka, etc. are currently being performed by other AshTha maThas yatis.

Krishnapura Matha - Kaliya Mardana

The third maTha under Udupi aShTa maThas is Sri KrishnApura MaTha. It has its main branch in the village KrishnApura near Surathkal in DK district, Karnataka. The first yati of this maTha was Sri Janaardana teertha, a direct disciple of Sri Madhwacharya.

The icon of Kaliya mardana Krishna with two hands was gifted to the first yati by Sri Madhva. The icon is in the attractive pose of Krishna as a child with one leg on the serpent Kaliya and the other leg lifted up. He is holding the tail of the serpent in his left hand. His right hand is in the mudra of abhaya to those who are afraid of the poison.

At the request of Sri Janaardana teertha, Sri Madhva had also given him another icon. It is of Sri Ugra Narasimha who is in the pose of holding Hiranyakashipu on his lap and tearing away his stomach with two hands. The remaining six hands hold various weapons. At the foot of this eight handed ferocious Narasimha is the tiny Prahlada standing with folded hands.

Yati parampare:

1. Sri Janardana Teertha
2. Sri Srivatsankita Teertha
3. Sri Vagisha Teertha
4. Sri Lokesha Teertha
5. Sri Lokantha Teertha
6. Sri Lokapriya Teertha
7. Sri Vidyadhiraja Teertha
8. Sri Vishvavadiraja Teertha
9. Sri Vishvadhisha Teertha
10. Sri Vishvesha Teertha
11. Sri Vishvavandya Teertha
12. Sri Vishvaraja Teertha
13. Sri Dharanidhara Teertha
14. Sri Dharadhara Teertha
15. Sri Prajnamurthi Teertha
16. Sri Tapomurthi Teertha
17. Sri Suresvara Teertha
18. Sri Jagannatha Teertha
19. Sri Suresh Teertha
20. Sri Vishvapungava Teertha
21. Sri Vishvavallabha Teertha
22. Sri Vishvabhushana Teertha
23. Sri Yadavendra Teertha
24. Sri Prajnamurthi Teertha
25. Sri Vidyadhiraja Teertha
26. Sri Vidyamurthi Teertha
27. Sri Vidyavailabha Teertha
28. Sri Vidyendra Teertha
29. Sri Vidyanidhi Teertha
30. Sri Vidyasamudra Teertha
31. Sri Vidyapathi Teertha
32. Sri Vidyadhisha Teertha
33. Sri Vidyapurna Teertha
34. Sri Vidyaratna Teertha
35. Sri Vidyasagara Teertha

The present peeThAdhipati Sri Vidyasaagara teertha:

Born: March 15, 1958
Original name: Sri Ramaapati Tantri
Father: Sri. Sripati Tantri
Mother: Smt. Janaki
Upanayana: in his ninth year
Sanyaasa deeksha: June 3, 1971 by Sri Sujnanendra teertha of Puttige MaTha
Guru: Sri Vishwottama teertha Swamiji of Sode MaTha

Sri Vidyasagara teertha is a scholar who shuns publicity. Apart from various renovation works of the Udupi Krishna temple during 74-75, 90-91 and 2006-2007 paryaya, swamiji has started a polytechnic college and donated 10 acres of land for the same. During his last paryaya he has offered diamond kavacha to Sri Mukhyaprana idol at Udupi.

Adamaru Matha - Kaliya Mardana Krishna

Sri Adamaru maTha is second in the hierarchy of aShTa maThas. The name is derived from the village Adamaru in Udupi district, where there is a branch of this MaTha. The first pontiff of this maTha is Sri Narasimha Teertha (also called Narahari Teertha), one of the direct disciples of Sri Madhwacharya.

The deity worshiped in this maTha is Kaleeyamardana Sri Krishna with four hands. The icon depicts Lord Krishna with one leg on the serpent and with the other leg lifted up in a dancing pose. One hand is bent in a dancing pose and the other is holding the tail of the serpent. The other two hands hold the conch and the chakra.

Yati parampare:

1. Sri Narasimha (Narahari) Teertha
2. Sri Kamalekshana Teertha
3. Sri Ramachandra Teertha
4. Sri Vidyadhisha Teertha
5. Sri Vishvapati Teertha
6. Sri Vishvesha Teertha
7. Sri Vedanidhi Teertha
8. Sri Vedaraja Teertha
9. Sri Vidyamurthi Teertha
10. Sri Vaikuntharaja Teertha
11. Sri Vishvaraja Teertha
12. Sri Vedagarbha Teertha
13. Sri Hiranyagarbha Teertha
14. Sri Vishvadhisha Teertha
15. Sri Vishvavallabha Teertha
16. Sri Vishvendra Teertha
17. Sri Vidyapathi Teertha
18. Sri Vibudhapati Teertha
19. Sri Vedavallabha Teertha
20. Sri Vedavandya Teertha
21. Sri Vidyesha Teertha
22. Sri Vibudhavallabha Teertha
23. Sri Vibudhavandya Teertha
24. Sri Vibudhavarya Teertha
25. Sri Vibudhendra Teertha
26. Sri Vibudhadhiraja Teertha
27. Sri Vibudhapriya Teertha
28. Sri VibudhamanyaTeertha
29. Sri Vibudhesha Teertha
30. Sri VishwapriyaTeertha

Present yati Sri Vishwapriya Teertha:

Born: 30 June 1958
Place: Putthige
Purvashrama name: Raghavendra Mucchinttaya
Father: Gururaj Mucchinttaya
Mother: Lakshmi
Upanayana: at Tirumala in 1966.
Sanyaasa: 1 June 1972
Guru: Sri Vibudhesha Teertha and Sri Vidyamanya Teertha

Sri PalimAru maTha - Pattabhi Ramachandra

The chief branch of Palimaru maTha is in the village Palimaru, which is about 7 km from Padubidri, near Udupi. The maTha is located on the banks of river Shaambhavi. The main deity is Sri Kodanda Rama with Seeta and Lakshmana, gifted by Acharya Madhva to the first yati.

Sri Hrishikesha teertha (1250-1330 AD) is the first yati of this maTha. He was also the first one to be ordained into sanyaasa by Acharya Madhva. That is why the cycle of paryaya system for Krishna pooje begins with this maTha. Sumadhwavijaya mentions that Sri Hrishikesha teertha was one of the favorite disciples of Acharya Madhva. He used to read out the verses of Bhagavatha during discourses by his preceptor.

He has written “Sampradaya paddati” and “Anumadhvacharita” dealing with the early life and works of Madhva. He has personally made a copy of sarvamoola granthas in Tulu script on palm leaves, which is being carefully preserved in the maTha. (Same was copied on to silicon wafer, as already said).

Yati parampare:

1. Hrshikesha Teertha
2. Samatmesha Teertha
3. Aparajita Teertha
4. Vidyamurthi Teertha
5. Rajarajeshwara Teertha
6. Srinidhi Teertha
7. Videsha Teertha
8. Srivallabha Teertha
9. Jagadbhushana Teertha
10. Ramachandra Teertha
11. Vidyanidhi Teertha
12. Suresha Teertha
13. Raghavendra Teertha
14. Raghunandana Teertha
15. Vidyapati Teertha
16. Raghupati Teertha
17. Raghuttama Teertha
18. Ramabhadra Teertha
19. Raghuvarya Teertha
20. Raghupungava Teertha
21. Raghuvara Teertha
22. Raghupravira Teertha
23. Raghubhushana Teertha
24. Raghuratna Teertha
25. Raghupriya Teertha
26. Raghumanya Teertha
27. Raghuvallabha Teertha
28. Vidyamanya Teertha
29. Vidyadheesha Teertha (present swamiji)

Shri Vidyadheesha teertha:

Shri Vidyadeesha Teertha Swamiji, Palimaru Matha

Born: 13-5-1956
Purvashrama name: Ramesha Tantri
Father: Shibaruru Hayagreeva Tantri
Mother: Kasturi amma
Sanyaasa: 10-6-1979
Guru: Sri Vidyamanya teertha

Sri Vidyadeesha teertha swamiji has toured many places along with devotees and given discourses on tatvavaada. He has translated Acharya’s Yamaka Bharatha into Kannada, and written a book on Sundara Kaanda, also in Kannada. His scholarly discourses are highly rated by devotees, and can be heard online at http://www.livepravachana.com

Official website: http://palimarumatha.org

Address:

Jagadguru Shri Madhwacharya MoolaMahaSamsthanam
Shri Hrishikesha Peetam, Shri Palimaru Matha,
Ratha Beedi,
Udupi (Karnataka)
Phone No: 0820 – 2523402
info@palimarumatha.org

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