Sri Satyatma Tirtha () (born 8 March 1973), is an Indian

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, scholar,

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and the present pontiff of

Uttaradi Math Sri Uttaradi Math (also written as Uttaradi Matha or Uttaradi Mutt) (IAST:''Śrī Uttarādi Maṭha'') (also known as Uttaradi Pitha), is one of the main monasteries (matha) founded by Madhvacharya with Padmanabha Tirtha as its head to pre ...

. He is the 42nd pontiff of

since

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, the chief proponent and the one who rejuvenated the

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(

Tattvavada 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) Veda ...

). Satyatma Tirtha founded

Vishwa Madhwa Maha Parishat Vishwa Madhwa Maha Parishat () is a non-profit, religious and social organization founded in 1998 by Jagadguru Satyatma Tirtha. It is based at the Uttaradi Matha Sri Uttaradi Math (also written as Uttaradi Matha or Uttaradi Mutt) (I ...

, a

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and

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organization in 1998.

Early life

He was born in a prominent family of scholars on 8 March 1973 to Pandit Rangacharya Guttal and K.S. Rukmabai in

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and was named Sarvajna (Sarvajnacharya). He was also known as Vidyadhiraja. Pandit Rangacharya is the '' pūrvāśrama'' (previous to ''sannyāsa'' order) son of Shri Satyapramoda Tīrtha Swamiji.

Sannyasa

Sarvajna became a '' sannyāsi'' at the age of 23, directly from ''

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'' at Raghūttama Tīrtha Brundāvana,

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(in

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) in the presence of Shri Satyapramoda Tīrtha Swamiji on 24 April 1996 and was renamed as Satyātma Tīrtha. He is also known as Abhinava Raghūttama Tīrtharu since he received ''sannyasa'' directly from ''

''. Shri Satyātma Tīrtha Swamiji is only the second pontiff of Uttaradi Math to receive ''sannyāsa'' from ''brahmacharya''.

Social responsibility

Shri Satyatma Tirtha, through Uttaradi Math, encouraged water harvesting and management expert, the ''waterman of India'' and

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winner Rajendra Singh to give lecture on water conservation and other topics. Through Uttaradi Math and jointly with

, he gives needy students about ₹5 lakhs (about US$10,000) each year.

Flood relief

He has supplied relief materials to flood victims of

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and

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districts during 2009 floods and also took measures to construct 100 low cost houses to those who lost houses in the flood. He has also adopted a rural village in

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for integrated development of the village. He is reportedly trying to redefine the role of religious "math" in modern-day society, so that present day "math" should try to get rid of evils of modern society.

Spiritual discourses

His spiritual discourses (''pravacana'') attract large gatherings, mainly from followers of Madhvacharya and he specialises in talks on Vedic subjects. He has given spiritual discourses at several places like

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. He has also conducted personality development programmes and has written several books on topics like personality development, religion and philosophy. Satyatma Tirtha, as the present head of Uttaradi Matha, has also encouraged other authors to write books on religious experiences. He has given discourses in various languages including Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Marathi and English. He also has a good knowledge of contemporary religions.

Books based on his discourses

Chaturmasya deeksha

Generally "Parivrajakas" (Dandi Swamis) are to be on the move as the word "Vraja" indicates but during the

Chaturmas Chaturmasya (; Pali: ''Catumāsa''), also rendered Chāturmāsa, is a holy period of four months, beginning on Shayani Ekadashi (June-July) and ending on Prabodhini Ekadashi (October-November) in Hinduism. This period also coincides with the m ...

a period they have to stay-put in one place. Moving out either for

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or for other reasons is violation of

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s and Yati

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. During this season of Chaturmasya, the wandering mendicants (Yatis) takes Chaturmasya deeksha, stay at a suitable place and become fully engrossed in contemplation of God. In 2017, Satyatma Tirtha spent his Chaturmasya deeksha in Palamoor in

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from (18 July 2017 – 6 September 2017).

References

Bibliography

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External links

Official website of Uttaradi Math

Dheemahi (English)
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