Puttige matha guru parampara

Puttige Matha Guru Parampara is the lineage of Swamijis or pontiffs who have headed the Puttige matha, one of the Ashta Mathas of Udupi.[1] The first pontiff of Puttige matha was Sri Upendra Tirtha,[2] who was a direct disciple of Sri Madhvacharya, the founder of the Dvaita school of philosophy. The main idols worshipped in the Puttige matha are that of Panduranga (Vittala),[3] 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 Sri Sugunendra Tirtha Swamiji.

The Lineage

  1. Upendra Tirtha
  2. Kavindra Tirtha
  3. Hamsendra Tirtha
  4. Yadavendra Tirtha
  5. Dharanidhara Tirtha
  6. Damodara Tirtha
  7. Raghunatha Tirtha
  8. Shreevatsanka Tirtha
  9. Gopinatha Tirtha
  10. Ranganatha Tirtha
  11. Lokanatha Tirtha
  12. Ramanatha Tirtha
  13. Shreevallabha Tirtha
  14. Shreenivasa Tirtha
  15. Shreenidhi Tirtha
  16. Gunanidhi Tirtha
  17. Anandanidhi Tirtha
  18. Taponidhi Tirtha
  19. Yadavendra Tirtha
  20. Kavindra Tirtha
  21. Raghavendra Tirtha
  22. Vibudhendra Tirtha
  23. Surendra Tirtha
  24. Bhuvanendra Tirtha
  25. Yogindra Tirtha
  26. Sumatindra Tirtha
  27. "Sudhindra tirtha"
  28. Sujnanendra Tirtha
  29. Sugunendra Tirtha (Present Pitadhipathi)

References

  1. ↑ Udupi Ashta Mathas
  2. ↑ Shree Krishna Brundaavanam - Puttige Matha
  3. ↑ Article in The Hindu
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, August 04, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.