Sri Rama Teertha, one of the direct disciples of Sri Madhwacharya, is the original pontiff of this Math. The deity is ‘Sri Narasimha’. The 23rd pontiff in this lineage, Sri Vidyasagara Teertha got the navagraha window in Sri Krishna Math covered with a silver sheet with 24 images of God embossed on it. Sri Vidyanidhi Teertha, the 27th pontiff got made the small chariot for Sri Krishna. Sri Vidyasamudra Teertha, the twenty-eighth pontiff got made a small chariot for Sri Krishna as a replacement for the one presented by his predecessor which had become too old by wear and tear.
The present pontiff Sri Vidyavarinidhi Teertha was born in 1931 (Prajotpathi, Shravana Bahula, Dwadasi) and accepted sanyasa in 1942 (Chitrabhanu, Vaishakha Bahula, Shasthi), He has successfully completed his second paryaya during 1982-84. He has taken a junior Swamiji Sri Vidyavallabha Teertha who was born in 1977 (Pingala, Ashwayuja, Bahula, Thritheeya) as his successor and accepted sanyasa in 1992. (Angirasa, Vaishaka Shuddha Shashti). Sri Vidya Teertha passed away during his last paryaya and his junior Vidyavallabha Teertha is heading the Math.
| The guru parampara of this Math | |
| RamaTeerthaRaghunatha TeerthaRaghupathi TeerthaRaghunandana TeerthaYadunandana TeerthaVishvatma TeerthaVishvanatha TeerthaVedagarbha TeerthaVagisha TeerthaVaradapati TeerthaVishvapati TeerthaVishvamula TeerthaVedapati TeerthaVedaraja TeerthaVidyadhisha Teertha | Vibudhesha TeerthaVarijaksha TeerthaVishvendra Vibudhavandya TeerthaVibudhadhiraja TeerthaVidyaraja TeerthaVibudhapriya TeerthaVidyasagara TeerthaVasudeva TeerthaVidyapati TeerthaVamana TeerthaVidyanidhi TeerthaVidyasamudra TeerthaVidyavarinidhi TeerthaVidya Vallabha Teertha (Present Swamiji) |
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