Sri Vedanidhi Teertharu

Sri Vedanidhi Theertha took Ashrama from Sri Vidyadheesha Theertha. He comes in the lineage of Uttaradhi mutt.

 

Poorvashrama Name          : Sri Koratigi Pradyumnacharya

Ashrama Guru                    : Sri Vidyadheesha Theertha

Ashrama Shishya                : Sri Satyavratha Theertha

Aradhana                          : Kartika Shudha ekadashi

Vrundavana                       : Pandarapura

Period                              : 1633-1635

Sri Vedanidhi Teertharu
Sri Vedanidhi Theertha brought many lands as gifts to the mutt.  He got his education from his guru Vidyadheesha Theertha. He is contemporary of Sri Raghavendra Theertha. Sri Vedanidhi Theertha was honoured by the Nawab of Tiruchirapalli and granted some villages as a gift to the Matha. He was the recipient of many royal gifts. He gave Ashrama to Ranganathacharya and named him Satyavratha Theertha and also instructed him that he, in turn should give Ashrama to Kaulagi Raghupatacharya. After handing over the Peeta to Satyavratha theertha he entered Vrundavana at Pandarapura.
విద్యాధీశాబ్ధిసంభూతో విద్వత్కుముద బాంధవః
వేదనిధ్యాఖ్య చంద్రోయం కామితార్థాన్ ప్రయచ్ఛతు

ವಿದ್ಯಾಧೀಶಾಬ್ಧಿಸಂಭೂತೋ ವಿದ್ವತ್ಕುಮುದ ಬಾಂಧವಃ
ವೇದನಿಧ್ಯಾಖ್ಯ ಚಂದ್ರೋಯಂ ಕಾಮಿತಾರ್ಥಾನ್ ಪ್ರಯಚ್ಛತು

 

vidyAdhISAbdhisaMbhUtO vidvatkumuda bAMdhavaH
vEdanidhyAkhya caMdrOyaM kAmitArthAn prayacCatu

 

Source: Uttaradhi mutt sampradaya paddathi, Guru Parampare by Krishna Kolhar Kulkarni, and other sources etc.

madhwamrutha

Tenets of Madhwa Shastra

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