Sri Bandarakeri MaTha
Besides the 8 maThas of Udupi, there are two more maThas coming under the category of tauLava maThas (from the tulu-speaking belt). One is Sri Bandarakeri maTha, which is headquartered at BARKUR in Udupi district.
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:
- Sri Achyuta prajna
- Sri Poorna prajna
- Sri Satya teertha
- Sri Satyavrata teertha
- Sri Vishwadeesha teertha
- Sri Gadhadhara teertha
- Sri Vedanta teertha
- Sri Vidyadheesha teertha
- Sri Vishwamurti teertha
- Sri Raghuvedanta teertha
- Sri Raghunatha teertha
- Sri Hiranyagarbha teertha
- Sri Raghuvara teertha
- Sri Damodara teertha
- Sri Raghuvallabha teertha
- Sri Surottama teertha
- Sri Vishwottama teertha
- Sri Rajadhiraja teertha
- Sri Raghavendra teertha
- Sri Raghubhushana teertha
- Sri Raghuvarya teertha
- Sri Raghupungava teertha
- Sri Raghuvarya teertha
- Sri Raghuraja teertha
- Sri Rajavandya teertha
- Sri Vidyaraja teertha
- Sri Vidyadhiraja teertha
- Sri Vidyasagara teertha
- Sri Vidyapati teertha
- Sri Vidyanidhi teertha
- Sri Vidyarnava teertha
- Sri Vidyamanya teertha (succeeded to Sri Palimar mutt)
- 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.
January 23rd, 2012 at 13:07:25
Does Dalkudru matha come under Shivalli Brahmin mathas
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Does Balkudru matha come under Shivalli Brahmin mathas
January 24th, 2012 at 12:21:33
Sri Balekudru maTha follows the Adwaita tradition and has followers among Shivalli Smatha Brahmins.