Puthige Matha (

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: ಪುತ್ತಿಗೆ ಮಠ) or Puttige Mutt in some records and literature is a Madhwa

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monastery. It is one of the

Ashta Mathas of Udupi The Tulu Ashta Mathas of Udupi ( kn, ಉಡುಪಿಯ ತುಳು ಅಷ್ಟ ಮಠಗಳು) are a group of eight ''mathas'' or Hindu monasteries established by Madhvacharya, the preceptor of the Dvaita school of Hindu thought with his d ...

founded by

Dvaita Dvaita Vedanta (); (originally known as Tattvavada; IAST:Tattvavāda), is a sub-school in the Vedanta tradition of Hindu philosophy. The term Tattvavada literally means "arguments from a realist viewpoint". The Tattvavada (Dvaita) Vedanta ...

philosopher

Madhvacharya Madhvacharya (; ; CE 1199-1278 or CE 1238–1317), sometimes anglicised as Madhva Acharya, and also known as Purna Prajna () and Ānanda Tīrtha, was an Indian philosopher, theologian and the chief proponent of the '' Dvaita'' (dualism) sch ...

Udupi Udupi (alternate spelling Udipi; also known as Odipu) is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. Udupi is situated about north of the educational, commercial and industrial hub of Mangalore and about west of state capital Bangalore by road. ...

. The first pontiff of Puttige matha was Sri Upendra Tirtha, who was a direct disciple of Sri

, the founder of the

school of philosophy. The main idols worshipped in the Puttige matha are that of Panduranga (Vittala), which was given to Sri Upendra Tirtha by Sri Madhvacharya. Till date, there have been 29 pontiffs who have headed the matha. The current Swamiji of the matha is Shri Sugunendra Tirtha Swamiji

The Lineage of Swamiji's (guru parampara)

# Upendra Tirtha-

Sri Madhwavijaya Sri Madhva Vijaya (also popularly referred as Sumadhva Vijaya or simply as Madhva Vijaya) ("The story of the victory of Madhva"), is a hagiographic work of the Dvaita philosopher Sri Madhvacharya. It is authored by Sri Narayana Panditacharya, w ...

mentions a story of Sri Upendra teeertha. Sri Madhva undertook a second trip to Badari. On the way, many interesting incidents took place. Once, after Sri Madhva and his followers crossed the Ganga river, the troops of a Muslim ruler arrested all of them. Sri Madhva explained to the King that it was the same Supreme Being that all people on earth worshipped and therefore he feared none. Looking at the fearless saint and impressed by his words, the King offered many gifts to Sri Madhva (all of which were politely refused) and permitted them to leave. On another occasion, a band of dacoits attacked the party. Sri Madhva asked Upendra Tirtha, his disciple, to confront them. Sri Upendra Tirtha, who went on to become one of the eight disciples who got the opportunity of worshipping Sri Krishna at Udupi, and who is the founder of the Puttige Matha, fought like a man possessed and drove away the bandits. # Kavindra Tirtha # Hamsendra Tirtha # Yadavendra Tirtha # Dharanidhara Tirtha # Damodara Tirtha # Raghunatha Tirtha # Shreevatsanka Tirtha # Gopinatha Tirtha # Ranganatha Tirtha # Lokanatha Tirtha # Ramanatha Tirtha- # Shreevallabha Tirtha- jnAnavairAgyabhaktyAdiguNapuShpArchitAchyutAn, shrIvallabhAkhyayOgIndrAn naumyahaM tatkRupAbalaH, # Shreenivasa Tirtha- Puthige mutt guruparampara shloka describes him as "

Vadiraja Sri Vadiraja Teertharu (1480 – 1600) was a Dvaita philosopher, poet, traveller and mystic. A polymath of his time, he authored many works, often polemical, on Madhva theology and metaphysics. Additionally, he composed numerous poems and as ...

munisupriyam". His disciple's Shreenidheeya tippani on Nyaayasudha describes that his Vidyaguru had

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's grace shrInivAsapadAMbhOjayugalAsakta mAnasAn, shrInivAsAkhyahaMsEMdrAn naumyahaM buddhishuddhayE, #Shreenidhi Tirtha-He has written commentary on nyaaya sudha written by jayateertha # Gunanidhi Tirtha # Anandanidhi Tirtha # Taponidhi Tirtha # Yadavendra Tirtha # Kavindra Tirtha- There were two pillars opposite to each other on which a lion and an elephant was carved. The villagers of puthige village were in trouble. HiriyadkaPuttigeMoolabrindavana

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came out of the pillar on which elephant was carved hearing to prayers of Kavindra teertha. # Raghavendra Tirtha-He laid steps for Madhvasarovara in Udupi Sri Krishna Mutt. His brindavana is in Hiriyadka, Puthige. Lakshmidhara teertha of Shiroor mutt was his brother in poorvashrama. # Vibudhendra Tirtha # Surendra Tirtha #Bhuvanendra Tirtha-His brindavana is at Kuruvalli in teerthahalli. He has been mentioned in Vishvapriyavilaasa written by kochi rangappacharya. He had done sudha mangala for 12 times. BhuvanendraPuthige

He renovated Ananteshvara temple in

. He had many sanyasi shishyaru like Yogindra teertharu of puthige mutt, Vidyadheesha teertharu of Krishnapura mutt, Rajendra yatigalu, etc. Rajendrayatigalu

of his Panditya, puthige matha got jahgeer at Teerthahalli. His disciple Rajendra yatigaLu entered brindavana before Bhuvanendra Tirtha. So he gave ashrama to Yogindra teertha. # Yogindra Tirtha
Sumatindra Tirtha
#Shatayushi Sudhindra tirtha- Sri Sudheendra Teertha took ashrama from Sri Vidyadheesha Teertha of Krishnapura Mutt and ruled the peetha for 79 years. He was born in the year 1856 at Hejamadi Village belonging to Shukla Yajurveda Shakha. He took Sanyasa in 1878. He got his initial education under Sri Vidyadheesha Teertha of Krishnapura Mutt and later studied sudha and other higher education under Sri Lakshmivallabha Teertha of Shiroor Mutt. #Sujnanendra teertha #Sugunendra Tirtha (Present Pitadhipathi) # Sushreendra Tirtha (Junior Pontiff)

Branches & Temples Managed by Shri Puthige Matha

# Shri Puthige Vidyapeetha, Hiriyadka, Udupi # Shri Puthige Matha, Car Street, Udupi # Shri Puthige Vidyapeetha, Paadigar, Udupi # Shri Puthige Matha, Theerthahalli # Shri Govardhanagiri Kshetra, Basavanagudi, Bengaluru # Vishnumurthy Temple, Hiriyadka, Udupi # Anantheshwara Chandreshwara Temple, Car Street, Udupi # Gourishankara Temple, Theerthahalli # Shri Mahalingeshwara Temple, Hejamadi # Vishnumurthy Temple, Karamballi # Ananthapadmanabha Temple, Paniyadi # Shri Guru Raghavendra Matha, Hosanagara # Vittala Anjeneya Raghavendra Matha, Habbuvada, Karwar # Shri Karaanjaneya Swamiji Matha, Mailapur, Chennai # Raghavendra Swami Matha, Darmapuri, Tamil Nadu # Shri Krishna Hanuman Gurusarva Bhouma Sannidhi, Kolkata # Subramanya Raghavendra Swami Matha, Taamram, Chennai # Kemmundel Primary School, Udupi. #Sri Hejamadi Mahalingeshvara temple, Hejamadi

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References

{{reflist Dvaita Vedanta Ashta Mathas of Udupi