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:

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:-

1. Sri Vishwesha teertha (of Pejavar maTha),
2. Sri Vidyadeesha teertha (of Palimaru maTha),
3. Sri Vishwapriya teertha (of Admaru maTha),
4. Sri Sugunendra teertha (of Puttige maTha),
5. Sri Vidyesha teertha (of Bandarakeri maTha)
6. Sri Bannanje Govindacharya.