Shri Raghavendra Math, better known as Rayara Math (popularly known as Shri Raghavendra Swamy Mutt, formerly known as Kumbakonam Math, Vibhudendra Math, Dakshinadi Mutt or Vijayendra Math) is one of the Dvaita Vedanta monasteries ( matha) descended from Madhvacharya through Vibudhendra Tirtha (a disciple of ''Ramchandra Tirtha'') and their disciples based in Mantralayam. It is one of the three premier monasteries descended in the lineage of Jayatirtha the other two being Uttaradi Math and

Vyasaraja Math Sri Vyasaraja Math ( kn, ವ್ಯಾಸರಾಜ ಮಠ) (formerly known as Poorvadi Math) is one of the three premier Dvaita Vedanta monasteries (matha) descended from Jagadguru Śrī Madhvācārya through Jayatirtha and Rajendra Tirtha (a ...

and are jointly referred as ''Mathatraya''. It is the pontiffs and pandits of the ''Mathatraya'' that have been the principle architects of post-Madhva Dvaita Vedanta through the centuries. Raghavendra Matha is located on the bank of Tungabhadra River in Mantralayam in Adoni taluk of

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in Andhra Pradesh, India.

History

Raghavendra Math is descended from Jagadguru Shri Madhvacharya through Vibhudendra Tirtha. The Raghavendra Math was founded by Vibhudendra Tirtha in

Kumbhakonam Kumbakonam (formerly spelt as Coombaconum or Combaconum) or Kudanthai is a city municipal corporation in the Thanjavur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located from Thanjavur and from Chennai and is the headquarters of the K ...

. So, earlier the matha was known as Kumbhakonam Matha or Dakshinadi Math and later the matha was made popular as Sri Vijayendra Mutt after Vijayendra Tirtha by Sudhindra Tirtha, a disciple and successor to the pontificate of Kumbakonam Matha. After Sudhindra Tirtha his disciple, the most venerated

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 su ...

saint Raghavendra Tirtha continued in the pontifical lineage as the pontiff of the matha. The idol of the Moola Rama is worshipped in this Math. Its headquarters are now in Mantralayam, Andhra Pradesh, although they used to be in Nanjangud, Karnataka. This mutt is highly respected among Hindus all over the world. The matha was later named after Raghavendra Tirtha as ''Raghavendra Matha''. Other common names still include Dakshinaadi Matha.

Guru Parampara

The Guru Parampara (Lineage of Saints) of Sri Raghavendra Swamy Mutt is given below. #Sri Madhvacharya #Sri Padmanabha Tirtha #Sri Narahari Tirtha #Sri Madhava Tirtha #Sri Akshobhya Tirtha #Sri Jayatirtha #Sri Vidyadhiraja Tirtha #Sri Kavindra Thirtha #Sri Vaageesha Thirtha #Sri Ramachandra Tirtha #Sri Vibudhendra Tirtha #Sri Jitamitra Tirtha #Sri Raghunandana Tirtha #Sri Surendra Tirtha #Sri Vijayeendra Tirtha #Sri Sudhindra Tirtha #Sri Raghavendra Tirtha #Sri Yogeendra Tirtha #Sri Sooreendra Tirtha #Sri Sumateendra Tirtha #Sri Upendra Tirtha #Sri Vadeendra Tirtha #Sri Vasudhendra Tirtha #Sri Varadendra Tirtha #Sri Dheerendra Tirtha #Sri Bhuvanendra Tirtha #Sri Subodhendra Tirtha #Sri Sujanendra Tirtha #Sri Sujnanendra Tirtha #Sri Sudharmendra Tirtha #Sri Sugunendra Tirtha #Sri Suprajnendra Tirtha #Sri Sukrutheendra Tirtha #Sri Susheelendra Tirtha #Sri Suvrateendra Tirtha #Sri Suyameendra Tirtha #Sri Sujayeendra Tirtha #Sri Sushameendra Tirtha #Sri Suyateendra Tirtha #Sri Subudhendra Tirtha – (Present Pontiff)

References

Bibliography

External links

Raghavendra Math official website

Website on Dvaita
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