Uttaradi Math

Padmanabha Tirtha and his descendants are responsible for the spread of Dvaita Vedanta outside Tulu Nadu region. Sharma says Narahari Tirtha is considered to be the forerunner of the Vaishnava devotional movement of the Dasakuta of Haridasa movement in Kannada.[30] The doctrine of Tattvavada was further carried on and was spread all over the country by Jayatirtha and his descendants.[31]

In the first quarter of the 17th century, Vidyadhisha Tirtha (16th pontiff of Uttaradi Matha) was able to gain some converts to the Madhva fold, in Bihar, from among the Brahmins of Gaya, who still profess allegiance to Madhva school.[5] Sri Satyanatha Tirtha during his time as the peetadhipathi of Uttarādi mutt visited Gaya and strengthened the hold of the mutt among Gayapalas, who had been converted to Madhvism by his predecessor Vidyadhisha Tirtha.[32]

Sri Sri Satyatma Tirtha Mahaswami worshipping Moola Rama, Moola Sita, Digvijaya Rama, Vamsha Rama and Prasanna Vittala idols.

The Moola Rama and Moola Sita idols worshipped in Uttaradi Matha are "Chaturyuga Murthy's" (the idols has been in worship since Four Yugas).[33][34][35] Madhvacharya secured these from Gajapathi kings and passed them on to his disciple Padmanabha Tirtha.[36] Along with these the idol of Digvijaya Rama, which Madhvacharya got sculpted for himself, Vamsha Rama idol obtained by Madhava Tirtha and Prasanna Vittala idol obtained by Akshobya Tirtha are also worshipped in the matha. Madhvacharya was presented with 8 Vyasamushtis by Vedavyasa during his return from Badrikashrama. 5 Vyasamushtis out of the 8 Vyasamushtis are in Uttaradi Matha. Quoting about these Vyasamushtis, German Indologist Helmuth von Glasenapp says, "One is at Udupi, One is at Subrahmanyam Mutt, One at Madyatala (Sode Mutt) and the remaining five in the Acharya's Mutt (Uttaradi Mutt)".[37] Purandara Dasa glorified the Moola Rama and Moola Sita idols, the 5 Vyasamushtis and other 28 idols worshipped in Uttaradi Matha in one of his songs — "Madhvarayara Devatarcaneya Prasiddha Raghunatharu Poojisuva Sobagu".[38] Sanskrit Scholar V. R. Panchamukhi says, "Sri Sri Satyatmatirtha always worships the auspicious Mula Rama, the Lord of Goddess Lakshmi, always accompanied by Goddess Sīta".[39]

Śrī Haṃsa Bhagavān, the originator of the Śrī Uttarādi Maṭh

As per authoritative Hindu scriptures, "The Supreme God also wanted to bless the souls with divine knowledge, by which they can attain salvation. For this purpose, the Supreme God — Śrī Nārāyana Himself incarnated as Śrī Hamsa and adorned the pontifical seat called the Hamsa-Pīṭha."

Indian anthropologists Surajit Sinha and Baidyanath Saraswati says that:

The Uttaradi Math is age-old. Tradition claims it to have originated from the Hamsa of Bhagwata otherwise called Uttara and to have continued its existence all through the dim pre-historic past right up to the middle of the 13th century when Madhvacharya, the Supreme pre-eminent Exponent of Dvaita philosophy, brought it to the limelight and gave it the present organizational shape.[40]

The complete list of pontiffs (Peethādhipathis / ācāryas) who had taken the seat of this math is as below:[41][42] This list represents the authorized guru-paramparā (disciplic succession) of Śrī Uttaradi Math till date.

• Śrī Haṁsa (A name of The Supreme Person/Supreme Godhead, Śrī Nārāyaṇa or Śrī Hari; Paramātmā)
• Śrī Brahmā
• Śrī Sanakādi
• Śrī Dūrvāsā
• Śrī Jñāna-nidhi Tīrtha
• Śrī Garuḍa-vāhana Tīrtha
• Śrī Kaivalya Tīrtha
• Śrī Jñāneśa Tīrtha
• Śrī Para Tīrtha
• Śrī Satya-prajña Tīrtha
• Śrī Prājña Tīrtha
• Śrī Acyuta-prekṣa Tīrtha or Acyuta-Prājña Tīrtha

The list of Peetadhipathis beginning from Śrī Madhvācārya[43][44][45]

Sr.	Name	Reign Began C.E.	Reign Ended C.E.	Brindavana [lower-alpha 1]	Purvashrama name[lower-alpha 2]	Portrait
1	Jagadguru Śrī Madhvācārya (Śrī Pūrnaprajña Tīrtha or Śrīmad-Ānanda Tīrtha Bhagavat-pādācārya)	1238	1317	-	Vasudeva
2	Śrī Padmanābha Tīrtha[47][1][48]	1317	1324	Nava Brindavana, Hampi	Shobhana Bhatta
3	Śrī Nṛhari Tīrtha[49]	1324	1333	Venkatapura, Hampi	Shyama Shastri
4	Śrī Mādhava Tīrtha[50][51]	1333	1350	Mannuru	Vishnu Shastri
5	Śrī Akṣhobhya Tīrtha[50]	1350	1365	Malkheda	Govinda Shastri
6	Śrī Jaya Tīrtha[52][53]	1365	1388	Malkheda	Dhondupant Raghunath
7	Śrī Vidyādhirāja Tīrtha[54]	1388	1392	Yeragola	Krishna Bhatt
8	Śrī Kavīndra Tīrtha[55]	1392	1398	Nava Brindavana, Hampi	Vishnudasacharya
9	Śrī Vāgīśa Tīrtha	1398	1406	Nava Brindavana, Hampi	Raghunathacharya
10	Śrī Rāmacandra Tīrtha[56][57]	1406	1435	Yaragola	Madhava Shastri
11	Śrī Vidyā-nidhi Tīrtha[58]	1435	1442	Yaragola	Krishtacharya
12	Śrī Raghunātha Tīrtha	1442	1502	Malakheda	Vishnu Shastri
13	Śrī Raghuvarya Tīrtha	1502	1557	Nava Brindavana, Hampi	Ramachandra Shastri
14	Śrī Raghūttama Tīrtha	1557	1595	Tirukoilur	Ramachandra Bhatta
15	Śrī Veda-vyāsa Tīrtha	1595	1619	Penugonda	Anantha Vyasacharya
16	Śrī Vidyā-dhīśa Tīrtha	1619	1631	Ranebennur	Pandurangi Narasimhacharya
17	Śrī Vedanidhi Tīrtha	1635	1638	Pandarpur	Koratagi Pradyumnacharya
18	Śrī Satya-vrata Tīrtha	1631	1635	Sangli	Raghunathacharya
19	Śrī Satya-nidhi Tīrtha	1638	1660	Kurnool	Kauligi Raghupathyacharya
20	Śrī Satya-nātha Tīrtha	1660	1673	Veeracholapuram	Narashimacharya
21	Śrī Satyābhinava Tīrtha	1673	1706	Nachiarkoil, Kumbhakonam	Kesavacharya
22	Śrī Satya-pūrṇa Tīrtha	1706	1726	Kolpur (near Raichur)	Kolhapur Krishnacharya
23	Śrī Satya-vijaya Tīrtha	1726	1737	Satya Vijaya Nagaram	Pandurangi Balacharya
24	Śrī Satya-priya Tīrtha	1737	1744	Manamadurai	Garlapad Ramacharya
25	Śrī Satya-bodha Tīrtha	1744	1783	Savanur	Ramacharya
26	Śrī Satya-sandha Tīrtha	1783	1794	Mahishi Thirthahalli	Haveri Ramacharya
27	Śrī Satya-vara Tīrtha	1794	1797	Santebidanur	Haveri Krishnacharya
28	Śrī Satya-dharma Tīrtha	1797	1830	Holehonnur near shivamogga	Navaratna Purushottamacharya
29	Śrī Satya-saṅkalpa Tīrtha	1830	1841	Mysore	Navaratna Shrinivasacharya
30	Śrī Satya-santuṣṭa Tīrtha	3 July 1841	12 March 1842[4]	Mysore	Navaratna Balacharya (Guli Balacharya)
31	Śrī Satya-parāyaṇa Tīrtha	1842	1863	Santebiddanur	Haveri Gururayacharya
32	Śrī Satya-kāma Tīrtha	1863	1871	Athakuru	Pachapura Srinivasacharya
33	Śrī Satyeṣṭa Tīrtha	1871	1872	Athakuru	Hattimuttur Narasimhacharya
34	Śrī Satya-parākrama Tīrtha	1872	1879	Chittapura	Vykar Srinivasacharya
35	Śrī Satya-vīra Tīrtha	1879	1886	Korlahalli	Korlahalli Bhodaramacharya
36	Śrī Satya-dhīra Tīrtha	1886	1906	Korlahalli	Korlahalli Jayaacharya
37	Śrī Satya-jñāna Tīrtha	1906	1911	Rajahmundry	Kinhal Jayacharya
38	Śrī Satya-dhyāna Tīrtha	1911	24 March 1942	Pandarpur	Korlahalli Sethuramacharya
39	Śrī Satya-prajña Tīrtha	24 March 1942	14 April 1945	Athakuru	Pandurangi Jayacharya
40	Śrī Satyābhijña Tīrtha	14 April 1945	2 February 1948	Ranebennur	Katti Venkannacharya
41	Śrī Satya-pramoda Tīrtha	2 February 1948	3 November 1997	Tirukoilur	Guttal Gururajacharya
42	Śrī Satyātma Tīrtha (the current presiding pontiff)	3 November 1997	till date [lower-alpha 3]	-	Guttal Sarvajnāchārya

The "Gurucarya" is a hagiological work on the Pontiffs of the Uttaradi Mutt (from Madhvacharya down to Satyanidhi Tirtha). These floating traditions of the Mutt came to be defined and recorded during the days of Sripadaraja.[61] "Guruvamsakathakalpataru" is another hagiological work on the lives of all Madhva Pontiffs of Uttarādi Matha order up to Satyasandha Tirtha, authored by Bhimadaivajna of Bijapur.[62]

Authors Surajit Sinha and Baidyanath Saraswati says, "An overwhelming majority of Madhvas, widely scattered all over India owes its allegiance to the Uttaradi Matha".[29] Most of the Deshastha Madhvas of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and South India, and the whole Gayawal Brahmin community of Bihar are followers of this Matha.[26]In Karnataka, Majority of Madhvas in the districts of Bijapur, Belgaum, Dharwad, Raichur, Bagalkote, Haveri, Shivamogga, Bidar, Vijayanagara, Hassan, Chikmagalur, Mysore and Kalaburagi are followers of this matha. Scholar B. N. K. Sharma says, Majority of Madhvas in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, northern Karnataka and Maharashtra are followers of Uttaradi Matha.[63][64] Sharma says in Maharashtra, followers of Uttaradi Math are spread in the districts of Kolhapur, Sholapur, Satara, Pune, Nasik and Ahmednagar.[7] According to Times of India, there are more than 2 lakh followers of Uttaradi Math in Pune city alone.[8][7]

Indian Author and Scholar Radhavallabh Tripathi says, "Sri Jayateertha Vidyapeetha was established by Sri Satyapramoda Tīrtha Swamiji in the year 1989, which presently holds more than 200 students and 15 teaching faculty members".[67] The uniqueness of this institution is that its students are specially trained under the guidance of Shri 1008 Shri Satyatma Teertha Swamiji for 12 years with initial 9 years of training at the Jayateertha Vidyapeetha Residential Campus where they attain mastery over Kāvya, Vyākaraṇa, Sahitya, Vedas, Sankhya, Yoga, Jaina, Bauddha, Shakta, Advaita, Vishistadvaita and Dvaita Philosophies under the guidance of Kulapati Guttala Rangacharya, Principal Vidwan Satyadhyanacharya and several other experienced Adhyapakas. During the last 3 years of the course, the students are given extensive classes in Shriman Nyaya Sudha, Tatparya Chandrika, Tarkatandava etc., on tour directly by the learned Swamiji, thus giving the student an opportunity to expand his knowledge base by way of getting exposed, at an early age, to the scholarly world, with the opportunity to meet several esteemed scholars and conducting debates and discussions with them in esteemed centres of learning across the entire country like Kashi, Prayag, Delhi, Pune, Rajahmundry etc. After successfully completing the 12-year course, the students are awarded the title "Sudha Vidwan" in a grand convocation function called the "Sudha Mangala", held at various prime centres of learning.[68] To make themselves eligible for the title the students have to present a paper orally before distinguished scholars and also take an oral exam in Shriman Nyaya Sudha, the magnum opus of Dvaita Philosophy. The candidate is tested for all-round skills and then declared to be eligible for the title by a jury of scholars headed by Satyatma Tirtha.[66][69]

Satyadhyana Vidyapeetha was founded in the year 1956 in Matunga, Mumbai by Gopalacharya Ramacharya Mahuli, a disciple of Satyadhyana Tirtha.[70] Satyadhyana Vidyapeetha is an institution of advanced learning. It caters for the needs of scholars interested in higher studies and research. By 1972, It has brought out 26 authoritative volumes on philosophy.[71] Mahuli Vidyasimhacharya is the present Kulapathi of Satyadhyana Vidyapeetha.[72]

Satyatma Tirtha Maharaj the present Peetadhipathi of Uttaradi Math founded Vishwa Madhwa Maha Parishat, a non-profit, religious and social organization in 1998.[73] Thousands of books have been published until now under the publication of Vishwa Madhwa Maha Parishat. Every year a 5-day All India Madhwa Convention will be held in Dharwad under the leadership of Satyatma Tirtha Swamiji, Vishwa Madhwa Maha Parishat and Vishwa Madhwa Manahandal, in which the discourses and debates on Nyaya, Tarka, Mimamsa, Dasa literature during which pontiffs of all Madhva Mathas will grace the occasion. Every year Morethan 1 lakh devotees will attend the congregation.[74]