Puttige Matha

Puthige Matha (Kannada: ಪುತ್ತಿಗೆ ಮಠ) or Puttige Mutt in some records and literature is a Madhwa Vaishnava monastery. It is one of the Ashta Mathas of Udupi founded by Dvaita philosopher Madhvacharya 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.

Acharya:Sri Sugunendra Tirtha Swamiji
Location	Puthige, Dakshina Kannada
Founder	Madhvacharya
First Acharya	Upendra Tirtha
Formation
Website	https://www.shriputhige.org/

The current Swamiji of the matha is Shri Sugunendra Tirtha Swamiji[4]

The Lineage of Swamiji's (guru parampara)

1. Upendra Tirtha-Sri Madhwavijaya mentions a story of Sri Upendra teeertha. Sri Madhva undertook a second trip to Badari. On the way, many interesting incidents took place. Once, after Sri Madhva and his followers crossed the Ganga river, the troops of a Muslim ruler arrested all of them. Sri Madhva explained to the King that it was the same Supreme Being that all people on earth worshipped and therefore he feared none. Looking at the fearless saint and impressed by his words, the King offered many gifts to Sri Madhva (all of which were politely refused) and permitted them to leave. On another occasion, a band of dacoits attacked the party. Sri Madhva asked Upendra Tirtha, his disciple, to confront them. Sri Upendra Tirtha, who went on to become one of the eight disciples who got the opportunity of worshipping Sri Krishna at Udupi, and who is the founder of the Puttige Matha, fought like a man possessed and drove away the bandits.
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-[5]jnAnavairAgyabhaktyAdiguNapuShpArchitAchyutAn| shrIvallabhAkhyayOgIndrAn naumyahaM tatkRupAbalaH|
14. Shreenivasa Tirtha- Puthige mutt guruparampara shloka describes him as "Vadirajamunisupriyam". His disciple`s Shreenidheeya tippani on Nyaayasudha describes that his Vidyaguru had Narasimha's grace shrInivAsapadAMbhOjayugalAsakta mAnasAn| shrInivAsAkhyahaMsEMdrAn naumyahaM buddhishuddhayE|
15. Shreenidhi Tirtha-He has written commentary on nyaaya sudha written by jayateertha
16. Gunanidhi Tirtha
17. Anandanidhi Tirtha
18. Taponidhi Tirtha
19. Yadavendra Tirtha
20. Kavindra Tirtha- There were two pillars opposite to each other on which a lion and an elephant was carved. The villagers of puthige village were in trouble.
    

    Brindavana of Puttige Matha
    Lord Ganesha came out of the pillar on which elephant was carved hearing to prayers of Kavindra teertha.
21. Raghavendra Tirtha[6]-He laid steps for Madhvasarovara in Udupi Sri Krishna Mutt. His brindavana is in Hiriyadka, Puthige. Lakshmidhara teertha of Shiroor mutt was his brother in poorvashrama.
22. Vibudhendra Tirtha
23. Surendra Tirtha
24. Bhuvanendra Tirtha-His brindavana is at Kuruvalli in teerthahalli. He has been mentioned in Vishvapriyavilaasa written by kochi rangappacharya. He had done sudha mangala for 12 times.
    

    BHUVANENDRA TEERTHA, PUTHIGE MATHA
    He renovated Ananteshvara temple in Udupi. He had many sanyasi shishyaru like Yogindra teertharu of puthige mutt, Vidyadheesha teertharu of Krishnapura mutt, Rajendra yatigalu, etc.
    

    Rajendra Yati Vrindavana
    of his Panditya, puthige matha got jahgeer at Teerthahalli. His disciple Rajendra yatigaLu entered brindavana before Bhuvanendra Tirtha. So he gave ashrama to Yogindra teertha.
25. Yogindra Tirtha
26. Sumatindra Tirtha
27. Shatayushi Sudhindra tirtha- Sri Sudheendra Teertha took ashrama from Sri Vidyadheesha Teertha of Krishnapura Mutt and ruled the peetha for 79 years. He was born in the year 1856 at Hejamadi Village belonging to Shukla Yajurveda Shakha. He took Sanyasa in 1878. He got his initial education under Sri Vidyadheesha Teertha of Krishnapura Mutt and later studied sudha and other higher education under Sri Lakshmivallabha Teertha of Shiroor Mutt.
28. Sujnanendra teertha
29. Sugunendra Tirtha (Present Pitadhipathi)
30. Sushreendra Tirtha (Junior Pontiff)

Branches & Temples Managed by Shri Puthige Matha

1. Shri Puthige Vidyapeetha, Hiriyadka, Udupi
2. Shri Puthige Matha, Car Street, Udupi
3. Shri Puthige Vidyapeetha, Paadigar, Udupi
4. Shri Puthige Matha, Theerthahalli
5. Shri Govardhanagiri Kshetra, Basavanagudi, Bengaluru
6. Vishnumurthy Temple, Hiriyadka, Udupi
7. Anantheshwara Chandreshwara Temple, Car Street, Udupi
8. Gourishankara Temple, Theerthahalli
9. Shri Mahalingeshwara Temple, Hejamadi
10. Vishnumurthy Temple, Karamballi
11. Ananthapadmanabha Temple, Paniyadi
12. Shri Guru Raghavendra Matha, Hosanagara
13. Vittala Anjeneya Raghavendra Matha, Habbuvada, Karwar
14. Shri Karaanjaneya Swamiji Matha, Mailapur, Chennai
15. Raghavendra Swami Matha, Darmapuri, Tamilnadu
16. Shri Krishna Hanuman Gurusarva Bhouma Sannidhi, Kolkata
17. Subramanya Raghavendra Swami Matha, Taamram, Chennai
18. Kemmundel Primary School, Udupi.
19. Sri Hejamadi Mahalingeshvara temple, Hejamadi

International Centers

1 Shri Krishna Vrundavana, New Jersey 215 May Street Edison, NJ 08837 United States

2 Shri Venkata Krishna Kshetra, Arizona 615 S Beck Ave Tempe, AZ 85281 United States

3 Shri Venkata Krishna Temple, Los Angeles 2770, Borchar Road Thousand Oaks, New Bury Park Los Angelees, CA 91320 United States

4 Shri Krishna Vrundavana, Texas 10223 #A Synott Rd Sugar Land, TX 77498 United States

5 Shri Krishna Vrundavana Temple, San Jose 43, Sunol Street San Jose, CA 95126 United States

6 Shri Krishna Vrundavana, Atlanta Shri Krishna Vrundavana, Atlanta 4946, Shiloh Road Cumming, GA 30040 United States

7 Shri Krishna Brundavana, Canada 3005 Islington Ave E North York, ON M9L 2K9 North York, ON 000000 Canada

8 Shri Venkata Krishna Brundavana, Melbourne 241 Poath Road Murrumbeena VIC 3163 Australia

9 Shri Krishna Brundavana, Sydney 58, Toongabbie Road Toongabbie NSW 2146 Australia

10 Venkata Krishna Vrundavana, London 36 Wembley Station Grove London HA04AL United Kingdom

References

1. "Udupi Ashta Mathas". Archived from the original on 12 May 2008. Retrieved 26 June 2008.
2. "Shree Krishna Brundaavanam - Puttige Matha". Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2008.
3. "Article in The Hindu". Archived from the original on 10 February 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
4. Sri Sugunendra Tirtha Swamiji
5. Nyayasudha commentary srinidheeya. Mantralay: Mantralaya raghavendra swamy mutt.
6. "Raghavendra teertharu - madhva yatigalu". sites.google.com. Retrieved 22 March 2019.