Sunday 20 January 2019

ramachandra teertharu rivona goa 1665 matha gokarna mutt yati G 06 vaishakha bahula triteeya ರಾಮಚಂದ್ರ ತೀರ್ಥರು




Shri Ramachandra Theertha  

Ashrama Guru: Shri Anujeevothama Theertha 
Ashrama Shishya:  Shri Digvijaya Ramachandra Theertha
Vrundavana: Rivona Goa
Aradhana: vaishakha bahula triteeya
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Deekshaguru : Srimad Anujeevottama teertha (5) Sanyasa deeksha : Srisaka 1549 Prabhava samvatsara Kartika shukla Navami : Wednesday ( 17-11-1627) Shishyasweekar : Srimad Digvijaya Ramachandra teertha (7) Mahanirvan : Srisaka 1687 Vishavasu Samvatsara Vaishakha Krishna tritiya Saturday ( 02-05-1665) Vrindavana at : Sri Maruti mandir, Rivona As a Shishya : 10 years 13 days Ruled for : 27 years 05 months 24 days Served Matha for : 37 years 06 months 09 days Founded Branches : 1.Sri Samsthan Gokarna Partagali Jeevottama Math, Partagali 2 . Sri Maruti Mandir , Rivona


श्रीरामचंद्रवैदेहीससौमित्रिहनुमताम् ।
लब्धारमनिशं वन्दे रामचंद्रयतीश्वरम् ॥

Sixth Acharya Ramachandra teertha is Shishya of Srimad Anujeevottama teertha.
The sanyasa deeksha was given in Gokarna in Srisaka 1549, Prabhava Samvatsara Kartika Shukla Navami. When Guru attained Haripada, Sri Ramachandra teertha became Guruteethadhipati and looked after Samsthana for 27 years. The foundation of a Math in Partagali , Goa by Sri Swamiji was a landmark even in the history of GSBs.

Behind the Math at Gokarna, on the hill , Swamiji
found 4 Shilamurthis in a cave. They were os Sri Ram, Sri Lakshman, Sri Seetadevi and Hanuman. Sri Swamiji was wondering what to do with the Pratimas. Sri Swamiji was told by Lord in a dream to carry the Pratimas towars north and consecrate them at a place where they will become very
heavy.
Accordingly Sri Ramachandra teertha started walking towards north with the Shilamurthis carried by His entourage. Crossing Kali river via Mashem reached Paingin. The Pratimas started to become heavy. But the place was not convenient to buils a Math as there aws no source of water. Swamiji was worried. Again in a dream Swamiji was instructed “ Tomorrow morning a holy cow will appear. Worship her and pray her to guide to a suitable place. Consecrate the Pratimas where the holy cow will pour her

milk”
Next day morning, as per this direction a holy cow looking like a Kamadhenu appeared.
Swamiji worshipped her and prayed her to show a proper place to consecrate the Pratimas. The cow started walking in easterly direction in the thick forest. Swamiji with the entourage along with the pratimas followed. She stopped at a place near Kushavati river and milk flowed from her udder. The pratimas of Asri Ram . Sri Lakshman and Sri Seetadevi became very heavy. Swamiji decided to consecrate them there.The cow again started walking. Swamiji along with some of the devotees with the pratima of Maruti followed. The cow came to Rivona ( earlier Rishivan) and the milk again flowed down. The pratima of Maruti became heavy. Swamiji then decided to consecrate Maruti there..

So two Maths were built and the Pratimas were consecrated.
When the Partagali Math was founded, Canacon ( aka. Shiveshwar mahal) was controlled by the Kings of Soundekar dynasty. Sonda Kings ruled Ponda in Goa to Mangalore. Sonda Kings were first under Vijaynagar and then Bijapurkars. In A.D. 1656 Partagali Math was founded. When the famous Rathotsava started in Partagali, a small tax was collected from some villages of Cancon. Iwas called “samankar”. All the residents gladly contributed. Order was issued to supply the materials needed for the festival.

The residents paid the tax and took part in the festivities.
Even though Sri Ramachandra teerth founded the Matha at Partagali Swamiji resided mostly at Gokarn. Swamiji attended the Ramanavami festival in Partagali. Swamiji stayed for a long time in the Rivona Math.
Srimad Ramachandra teertha Swamiji attained Haripada in the Rishivan branch Matha ( now called Rivona) on Srisaka 1581 Vaishaka Krishna Tritiya. A number of records during Swamiji,s time present.
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anujeevottama teertharu dicholi 1637 matha gokarna mutt yati G 05 karteeka bahula saptami ಅಣುಜೀವೋತ್ತಮ ತೀರ್ಥರು



Shri Anujeevothama Theertha 

Ashrama Guru: Shri Purushothama Theertha Gokarnam 
Ashrama Shishya:  Shri Ramachandra Theertha Rivon 
Vrundavana: Dicholi 
Aradhana: karteeka bahula saptami
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Deeksha Guru : Sri Purushottama teertha Shishya svikar : Sri Ramachandra teertha Mahanirvan : saka 1559 Ishwara samvatsara kartika Krishna saptami Ravivar ( 08-11-1637) Guru peetha kalavadhi : About 49 years Matha founded : Vyasashrama Dicholi Goa (4th math) Vrindavan : Dicholim, Goa.

शान्तिमन्तमहं वन्दे दान्तिमन्तं निरन्तरम् ।
कामितार्थप्रदातारमणुजीवोत्तमं गुरुम् ॥

After Sri Jeevottama teerth Sri Purushottama teertha was crowned as peethadhipati in the month of Bhadrapada. Soon after shishya Sri Anujeevottama teertha was inititated. After Guru Sri Purushottama teertha attained Harpada in Margashirsha month Sri Anujeevottama teertha was crowned as peethadhipati in saka 1510.
Srimad Anujeevottama teertha spent His time in Goa which was infiltrated by the Portugese and spread Sriman Madhwa siddhanta. Swamiji built a Branch Math in Dicholi ,a place far away from Gokarn. It would have been difficult without help of people belonging to the Math. It indicates that Sri Swamiji spread Vaishnava Siddhanta which took hold in Goa. Swamiji ruled for a long period of 50 years and travelled often in Goa. Swamiji stayed in the Dicholi math. Srimad Anujeevottama teertha initiated Sri Ramachandra teertha and attained Haripada in Dicholi in Saka 1560 Kartika Krishna saptami.
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purushottama teertharu gokarna matha 1588 gokarna mutt yati G 04 margashira bahula dwiteeya ಪುರುಷೋತ್ತಮ ತೀರ್ಥರು





Shri Purushothama Theertha  
Ashrama Guru: Shri Jeevothama Theertha 
Ashrama Shishya:  Shri Anujeevothama Theertha 
Vrundavana: Gokarna
Aradhana: margashira bahula dwiteeya
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Coronation : Saka 1510 Bhadrapada Deeksha Guru : Sri Jeevottama teertha Deeksha given at : Bhatkal Shishya sweekar : Sri Anujeevottama teertha Mhanirvan : 1510 Sarvadhari Samvatsara Margashirsha Krishna Dviteeya Monday. (05/12/1588) On Guru peetha : 3 months 8 days Granthas composed: 1. Karma Siddhanta 2. Sanyasa paddhati

कर्मसिद्धान्तसन्यासपद्धत्यादिकृतं गुरुम् ।
श्रये श्रौतादि धर्मोपदेष्टारं पुरुषोत्तमम्।।

Sri Purushottama teertha was intitiated by Sri Jeevottama teertha at Bhatkal. After Guru attained Haripada Sri Purushottama teertha became Peethadhipati in Bhadrapada month, Srisaka 1510.
Srimad Purushottama teerth Swamiji was highly learned and an erudite personality.
To guide the Gauda Saraswata Society to perform nitya and naikittika karmas, HH Sri Swamiji composed कर्म सिद्धान्त which is a popular reference book for us. A second grantha penned by Sri Swamiji is संन्यास पद्धतिः
After initiating Srimad Anu Jeevottama teerth as the heir to the peetha to carry forward the great tradition of the parampara, Sri Swamiji attained Haripada in Gokarna.
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jeevottama teertharu bhatkal 1588 matha gokarna mutt yati G 03 bhadrapada shukla panchami ಜೀವೋತ್ತಮ ತೀರ್ಥರು




Shri Jeevothama Theertha  
Ashrama Guru: Shri Vasudeva Theertha 
Ashrama Shishya:  Shri Purushothama Theertha 
Vrundavana: Bhatkal
Aradhana: bhadrapada shukla panchami
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Place of birth : Basroor ( Udupi district) Deeksha given on : Srisaka 1439 Magha shukla chaturdashi Monady ( 04-04-1518) Deeksha given at : Vader Matha Bhatkal Deeksha guru : Srimad Vasudeva teertha (2) Shishyasvikar : Srimad Purushottama teertha (4) Maha nirvana : Srisaka 1510 Sarvadhari Samvatsara Bhadrapada Shukla 5mi Saturday ( 27/08/1588) vRindaavana at : Near Gopi river ,Bhatkal As Shishya : 05 months 29 days On Gurupeeta : 70 years 04 months 04 days Served Matha : 75 years 05 months 03 days Founed Mathas : 1. Jeevottama math Gokarn ( Bhuvijaya Vittala quinta metallic pratima) : 2. Jeevottama Matha , basroor ( Digvijaya Vittala quinta metallic pratima)

विट्ठलत्रयलब्धारं वादिराजयतिप्रियम् ।
जीवोत्तमगुरुं वन्दे विमानेन दिवं गतम् ।।

As the maha was founded in Gokarna kshetra region the Math at Bhatkal came to be called Gokarn matha. As Sri Jeevottama teertha founded a Math in Gokarn Jeevottama was added to the name. Shree Jeevottam Teerth was the third Acharya of the Mutt. He originally hailed from Basroor. He was initiated into the Math tradition by his Guru Shree Vasudev Teertha in the Saka 1439 Srisaka Ishwara Samvatsara, in the month of Magha on Shuddha Chaturdashi. His entire life and work was extraordinary in that it was marked by asceticism . renunciation as well as success. Swamiji,s life is full of wonderful incidents. Like Sriman Madhvacharya He gave people the evidence of his knowledge and yogic powers. With the objective of pilgrimage, he travelled the length and the breadth of India. Once in the course of his journey, he had halted at Bijapur. The Badshah (ruler) Ali Adilshah, though a Muslim had a host of Hindu sardars at his court. At their behest, he cordially welcomed Shree Jevottam Teerth but driven with the urge to test this Swami, he sent meat along with other valuable gifts to the Swamiji. On seeing the meat, swamiji is believed to have sprinkled Teerth (holy water) from his kamandalu on the meat and transformed it into flowers and sent them to the Badshah as a return gift. Impressed with the Swamiji's yogic powers, Badhah prayed for a blessings to get a son as he had no progeny till then. Swamiji gave a fruit with abhimantrana and instructed it to be given to the Queen. Soon the Queen conceived. Pleased, the Badshah honoured the Seer by offering him a white ceremonial umbrella and other paraphernalia including a white ceremonial fan (chamar) and a palanquin. During His pilgrimage up North,visited Prayag, Kashi, Kurukshetra,Saraswati, Varaha Pushkar, Haridvar and Badarikashram.Then went to Gandaki river where Shaligramas are abundant. Swamiji found in the stream of River Sheela, three quinta metallic pratimas which He named as Digvijay Vitthal, Bhoo- Vijay Vitthal and Veer- Vitthal. Shri Vadiraj Teerth, the Acharya of Sonde Mutt, one of the ashtamutts, had also em¬barked upon a pilgrimage and the two Seers met on the river bank where Shree Jeevottam Teerth had made a halt. During this stay, Shree Jevottam Teerth Swamiji started anashan vrata (ritually giving up food) with the objective of attaining moksha (eternal rest). But at one juncture, there was a divine injunction, "Oh great Hermit, I will not be able to meet you at this stage of your life. So you give up the anashan vrata. Do not torment your body. Offer your vrata unto me. At the appointed hour, a divine vehicle will come to take you on your final journey when you shall come to those who are free from life and you shall see Me." As per this divine stipulation, Shree Jeevottam Teerth gave up his anshan vrata and set out on the way back from the Himalayas. Enroute, he sought the darshan of Gopalkrishna at Mathura Vrundavan, of Vithoba at Pandharpur and of Parashuram at the Poiguinim village of Canacona (Goa) before returning to the holy Peetha of Gokarn via Ankola At Gokarn, Swamiji had a sub-Mutt constructed and of the three idols found in the river Sheela, had the idol of Bhoo- Vijay Vitthal ritually installed there. Then, Swamiji had another sub-Mutt constructed at Basroor and the idol of Dig- Vijay Vitthal was ritually installed there. Adopting the idol of Veer Vitthal as the deity for personal worship, Swamiji ceremoniously placed it among the pantheon at the main Math and continued to worship it daily. Ever since, the tradition of the Peethadhish Swamiji personally worshipping the Veer Vitthal idol has continued unhindered to date. On returning to Bhatkal Mutt,ShreeJeevottam Teerth anointed a Brahmacharin from a good family background as his disciple and giving him the name of Shree Purushottam Teerth entrusted him with performing pooja of Veer Vitthal while he himself set out on a pilgrimage again. Having sought the darshan of Shree Venkateshwara at Tirupati, he went to Shree-Shail. After seeking the darshan of Varadraj, he went to Rameshwaram to seek the darshan of Rameshwara, the deity installed by Lord Rama there. At Udupi, he visited the Krishna temple established by Shree Madhvacharya and then returned to. Bhatkal. But despite having duly completed his pilgrimage, Swamiji did not take over the reins of the Mutt. Leaving all such matters to His successor Shree Purushottam Teerth, Swamiji continued to worship Veer Vitthal ritually installed outside the sanctum sanctorum of the Math by him. Spending his time thus engrossed in the worship of Vitthal, Swamiji received the final directive from the God. As promised earlier, during Swamiji,s sojourn on the banks of the river Shila in the course of Swamiji,s anshan vrata, a divya vimaana was supposedly sent by the Lord for him. Realising that His time to return to His final abode had arrived, He breathed His last and His soul returned to its divine abode on the Vimana. At this juncture, it is said, the Swamiji of Sonde Mutt was offering holy arati to Shree Krishna. He saw intuitively that Shree Jeevottam Teerth Swamiji's soul was on its way to divine abode, and so He raised the arti heavenwards. The surprised devotees present on this occasion asked the Swamiji the reason for this strange behaviour. Narrating the life and the greatness of Jeevottam Teerth Swamiji, He also disclosed to them the fact that the Swamiji's soul was ascending to Lord’s abode on a divya vimaana. Thus, it can be seen that in the lineage of the Math, Jeevottam Teerth Swamiji was a great personality.He spread the faith far and wide during His several pilgrimages. He established the Maths at Gokarn and Basroor and had the main Math at Bhatkal extended. He also composed a poem called "Teerthaval'" (Traveloge) dealing with the pilgrimages that he had undertaken. Sri Jeevottama teertha ruled for a long time Srisaka 1439 about 70 years Swamiji was Gurupeethadhipati. In Srisaka 1510, Sarvadhari Samvatsara Bhadrapadha Shukla Panchami Swamiji left His mortal coils and acsented Vaikunta on a Vimana. Swamiji,s Vrindavana is in Bhatkal, on the banks of Gopi river.
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vasudeva teertharu pandarapura 1518 matha gokarna mutt yati G 02 vaishakha shukla triteeya ವಾಸುದೇವ ತೀರ್ಥರು




Shri Vasudeva Theertha  
Ashrama Guru: Shri Narayana Theertha 
Ashrama Shishya: Shri Jeevothama Theertha 
Vrundavana: Pandarapura Chandrabhaga
Aradhana: vaishakha shukla triteeya
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Deeksha Guru: : Sri Narayan teerth Shishya sweekar : Sri Jeevottama teerth(3) 1439 Ishwara samvatsara Magha Shukla chaturdashi Mahanirvan : saka 1440 bahudhanya samvatsara Vaishakha shukla 3ya Tuesday (23/04/1518) Vridavan sthala : Near Bhima river, Pandharpur

तीरे भीमरथीनद्या वासुदेवमुनेरभूत ।
वैशाखे मासि शुक्लायां तृतीयां समाधिभूः ।।

Sri Vasudeva teertha became peethadhipati after Guru Srimannarayana teertha who attained haripada on Sri Saka 1439 Ishwara samvatsara Chaitra amavasya.
Sri Vasudeva teertha ruled only for a short time of less than a year. Swamiji initiated Sri Jeevottama teerth on Magha shukla chaturdashi.During teerthayatra Swamiji attained haripada in Pandharapura on Vaishakha shukla tritiya on Sri Saka 1440.

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narayana teertharu bhatkal 1517 matha founder gokarna mutt yati G01 vaishakha shukla pratipada ನಾರಾಯಣ ತೀರ್ಥರು



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shri nArAyaNa tIrtharu


Parampare: shri pArthagAli jIvOthama maTa, #1
gurugaLu: shri rAmachandra tIrtharu of palimAru maTa
shishyaru: shri vAsudEva tIrtharu
vrundavana: bhatkal
aradhana: vaishAka shudda pratipath


He was the founder of the maTa in 1475. He was given sanyAsa by shri rAmachandra
tIrtharu of palimAru maTa.


This is also called gOkarNa maTa and is one of the 24 mAdhva maTAs. Its followers are from the konkaNi speaking GSB community.


shri nArAyaNa tIrtha guruvAntargata, bhArathiramaNa mukhyaprANantargata rukmiNi sathyabhAma pate shri vIra viTTala dEvara pAdAravindakke gOvindA gOvindA...


shri krishNArpaNamastu...

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वडेरपदवीधारं नारायणपरायणम् ।
नारायणयतिं गौडसारस्वतगुरुं भजे

10th Peethadhipati of Palimaru math, one of the Udupi math was on teertha yatra to Badari kshetra. Swamiji was sick and felt the need to initiate a shishya into sanyasa. But except young Madhava , a Gauda saraswata brahmana there was no one nearby who had the qualification to be a sanyasi. Swamiji thought that if He attains Haripada without initiating a shishya and confer the rights to give mantras and mudras on him, it will be impossible to be able to enter the heavenly places. As per the vision in the dream where Sri Rama advised Swamiji, Sri Ramachandra teerth initiated Madhava in sanyasa in Srisaka 1397 Manmatha samvatsara , Chaitra Shukla Dviteeya and named Him as Sriman Narayana teertha. And conferred all the required rights. In the true sense, the establishment of Shree Mutt renowned as the Shree Samsthan Gokarn Partagali Jeevottam Mutt coincidentally took place in the Himalayas at Badrikashram on Chaitra Shukla 2, saka 1397 (1475 A.D.) Sriman Madhvacharya gurumaharaj had established Ashtamathas (eight maths) at Udupi to disseminate the Dvaita philosophy of the Madhva sect. Of these eight, one is the Palimaru Math. The Gaud Saraswat community spread along the Western Coast of India, following the philosophy of the Vaishnava sect had accepted the spiritual guidance of this Palimaru Mutt. After being duly initiated into renunciation, Shree Narayan Teerth resolved to complete his pilgrimage to the sacred spots and shrines of North India. Thus moving from places of pilgrimage such as Kurukshetra and Brahmavarta to Brahmahruda, He finally arrived at the world-renowned pilgrim centre of Varanasi. This ancient land of Vaishnavas is considerd as the abode of rest of Lord Madhava. The holy month of Kartik had drawn near and the Swamiji was aware of the extraordinary significance of the sacred dip at the Panchaganga ghat at this auspicious time. In fact, it has been mentioned in the Ramayana that Lord Ram had made a year-long sojourn at Varanasi on the way to his vanavas (disbandment). Sri Swamiji was attracted with the peaceful surroundings os Vranasi and recalled a verse from Ananda Ramayana. तथा चकार रामोऽपि घट्टबंधनमुत्तमम् । दृश्यते प्रत्यहं यत्र काश्यां रामः ससीतया ॥ चकार पंचगंगायां कर्तीकस्नानमुत्तमम् । काशीवासं वर्षमेकं चकार धर्मतत्परः ॥ (आनंद रामायण ३/६/३७/३८) It was the month of Kartik . Sri Swamiji after the holy bath and daily karmas was sitting there meditating. At that time the Priness had come for the holy bath with her entourage. After taking bath and wearing dry clothes it came to her attention that the priceless diamond bangles . The attenders started to search for them. Who can dare to steal the valuable bangles in broad daylight ! which she had kept on the steps before bath were absent. The attendants started to search for the bangles. In a corner of the Panchaganga Ghat they saw a Sanyasi sitting in meditation and started to search Him. Swamiji was disturbed from mediatation. After knowing about the incident said “ We have given up the attachments towards everything in this world. We don’t even care about daily meals. Our Dharma is not to collect weath and not to steal. What use we have for the diamond bangles?” The servants did not understand the pure words of Swamiji and searched His person also. When they did not find anything all of the entourage begged for forgiveness and went away. The bangles were later found in the river bed. When The King vame to know about this he felt guilty about the trouble given to an ascetic. He wanted to condone for the behavior of his daughter and came to panchaganga ghat and prostrated before Sri Narayana teertha.He asked for the forgiveness about the behavious of his family and servants. Hearing the King, Shree Narayan Teerth replied, "Oh Royal Prince' In your kingdom dharma and religiosity have always been given generous patronage. On this Panchaganga ghat, mother Ganga has turned the corner of her stream to become ishyanyaplava (oriented towards the North-East). We belong to the Gaud Saraswat Brahmin community from the distant land of gomantak, but we are deeply devoted to Mother Ganga in the holy land of Kashi. We desire that more and more people or our community should visit this sacred place to seek the darshan of Mother Ganga and bathe in the holy waters: So we intend to have Math premises here. If your Royal Highness takes active interest in this project, it would be a virtuous act of benevolence." The King of Kashi was much impressed by the words of Shree Narayan Teerth. He helped the construction of a modest math premises on the very ghat facing Shree Bindu Madhav temple on the banks of the ishyanyaplava Ganga. Having ritually installed the pancha-dhatumaya (quinta-metalic) idol of Shree Laxmi Narayan and having made adequate arrangements for the daily pooja of the deity. This is the first math of Gauda Saraswata brahmana vaishnava community founded on Srisaka 1397 Manmatha Samvatsara ( A.D. 1475) Shree Narayan Teerth Swamiji had established the Head Math in the Varanasi region, in the absence of any clear perception regarding the existing and ideal relations between the Math and the society. The primary objective behind the establishment of a Math would be solely to raise the banner of one's sect in a leading place of pilgrimage and to provide a secure shelter to the pilgrims who venturing forth to remote lands in search of spiritual solace and benediction. [Nonetheless his great venture had also launched a new tradition since] This was the initial Math of the Vaishnav sect of Gaud Saraswat Brahmins. Having thus established the first Math at Kashi, Shree Narayan Teerth Swamiji returned to Udupi. After some time,having recovered the venerable Guru Shree Ramchandra Teerth Swamiji also returned to his own Math. Sri Ramachandra teerth Swamiji initiated Sri Vidyanidhi theertha to carry on the parampara at Udupi Palimaru math and blessed Sri Narayana teertha to head Gauda Sarawata Brahmana Vaishnava community Blessed by Guru, Shree Narayan Teerth organized the Saraswat Brahmin community and decided to create a Math. Accordingly, Shree Narayan Teerth arrived at Bhatkal and having erected a Math premises there began the spread of faith among the Saraswat community in the land of Parashuram. A doubt may arise about the presence of GSB community in in Uttara and Dakshina kannada. Portugese missionaries started the conversions in Goa and destructions of the temples from A.D 1540. Only thereafter the Goa GSBs took to flight and settled in Karnataka coastal region, Malabar and Cochin. But the start of this Matha was 75 years before that. There is are independent Mathas for Dravidas like Karhade, Deshastha, Kokanastha and Gauda Brahmanas like Gurjar, Kanauji, Maithili. That is why our Matha is special. In 2022 548 years have been completed.That was the beginning of the Shree Samsthan Gokarn Partagali Jeevottam Math which is considered as the emblem of Saraswat identity and the rallying point for their unification. Devoted for nearly 550 years to preserve and organize a people forced to be disorganized and committed to serve and energize a community ordained to undergo many an ordeal by fate and compelled to be dispersed by history, the success story of the Math also contains the history of the Saraswat community. In this long march ahead, the Math has had the rare fortune of having an unhindered lineage of 24 Swamijis. The tiny sapling planted on the banks of lshyanyaplava Ganga by H.H. Shree Narayan Teerth Swamiji and nurtured by this long unbroken tradition has today in the form of the holy Math burgeoned like a mighty, banyan tree with its branches spread far and wide. Sriman Narayana teertha attained Haripada on Chaitra amavasya, Srisaka 1439. The Vrindavana is near Gopi river in Bhatkal.
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shri gurubyO namaha...hari Om....

vidyadheesha teertharu matha gokarna mutt present pontiff yati G 24 ವಿದ್ಯಾಧೀಶ ತೀರ್ಥರು





Sri. Vidyadheesha Theertharu present pontiff
Ashrama Guru: Shri Vidhyadhiraja Theertha
Poorvashrama Name: Uday Bhat Sharma
Ashrama Period: from 9 feb 2017

Sanyasa Deeksha on: Shaka1938 durmukh Magha Shukla 13(9/2/17)

Peetharohana: Shaka 1943 Plava Ashadha Krishna 07->30.0702021
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dwarakanatha teertharu partagali 1973 matha gokarna mutt yati G 22 phalguna bahula shashti ದ್ವಾರಕನಾಥ ತೀರ್ಥರು






Shri Dwarakanatha Theertha  

Ashrama Guru: Shri Kamalanatha Theertha
Ashrama Shishya:  Shri Vidhyadhiraja Theertha 
Vrundavana: Partagali
Aradhana: phaalguNa kRiShNa ShaShti ( 25-3-1973)
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Birth place : Gangolli (Udupi District)
Name at Birth : Govind Ramnath Acharya
Birth date : Saka 1841 Siddhartha Samvatsara Jyeshtha Krushna Ashtami, Saturday (21/06/1919)
Sannyasa Deeksha : Saka 1864 Chitrabhanu Samvatsara Vaishakh Krushna Ashtami, Thursday (07/05/1942)
Place of Deeksha : Partagali Matha
Deeksha Guru : Shri Kamalanatha Tirtha (21)
Accension : Saka 1865 Subhanu Samvatsara Chaitra Krushna Ashtami, Tuesday (27/04/1943)
Shishya Sveekar : Shri Vidyadhiraj Tirtha (23)
Mahanirvan : Saka 1894 Paridhavi Samvatsara Phalgun Krushna Shashthi, Sunday (25/03/1973)
Vrundavana : Partagali Matha
Period as Shishya : 00 years 11 months 20 days
Period as Guru : 29 years 10 months 26 days
Period of service to Matha : 30 years 10‌ months 18 days
Age : 53 years 09 months 04 days
Matha Construction : 1) Mallyar Matha Gangolli (Handover) 16/03/1945
2) Shri Ram Mandir Wadala, Mumbai 07/02/1965
3) Shri Dwarakanath Bhavan, Bengaluru, 24/09/1957
4) Shri Indirakanta Tirtha Bhavan, Vasco 15/05/1963

kamalaanaathdorjaataM vidyaarThigaNasEvitaM |
vandE suhaasyavadanaM dvaarakaanaaTha yOginaM ||

Shrimad Dwarakanath Tirtha Svamiji was born in the Gangolli Village in the Udupi District. A renowned family of pundits known by the named ‘Senapur Acharya’ resides in this village. The Sarasvat Brahmin Divan Narayan Mahale constructed the Gangolli Venkatramana Temple and appointed this family for the purpose of worship at this temple.
This family handed over this temple to the Gokarna-Partagali-Jeevottama Matha during the reign of Shrimad Dwarakanath Tirtha. Born in this family, the son of Vidvan Vaidika Ramnathacharya and his wife Bhavanibai became the 22nd pontiff of the Gokarna-Partagali-Jeevottama Matha Shrimad Dwarakanath Tirtha. He was born in the Saka year 1842 and was named Govind Acharya. After completing his primary education in Kannada and English, he turned to Sanskrit education. As his father had already looked after his proper training in vaidika rituals, he had been introduced to some nuances of Sanskrit language at an early age. But to learn Sanskrit language further, its literature, grammar, etc., he stayed for sometime at Shri Bhuvanendra Sanskrit College in Karkala and then arrived at Partagali Matha to study under Shrimad Indirakanta Tirtha. There he studied subjects such as vedas, vedangas, nyaya, mimamsa, etc., directly under the able guidance of Shri Indirakanta Tirtha and Shri Kamanatha Tirtha which benefitted him greatly.
Shri Indirakanta Tirtha was adept at identifying the potentials hidden in individuals. He had identified and chosen his two shishyas, Narahari Tirtha and Kamanatha Tirtha with careful consideration. Seeing the brilliance of Govind Acharya during his studies at the Gurukula, Indirakanta Tirtha Svamiji identified him as his prashishya beforehand and conveyed this wish to Shri Kamalanatha Tirtha at the right time.
One month after Shri Indirakanta Tirtha Svamiji took vrundavana, on Vaishakh Vadya Saptami of Saka 1864 (07/05/1942), Shri Kamalanatha Tirtha initiated Govind Acharya into Sannyasa and ordained him ‘Shri Dwarakanath Tirtha’. He was 22 years of age at the time. A year later, after vrundavana of Guru Svami Shri Kamalanatha Tirtha, he acceded to the Gurupitha on Chaitra Vadya Ashtami of Saka 1865 Subhanu Samvatsara (27/04/1943).
The 3 decades from Saka 1865 to Saka 1894 were the period of reign of Shri Dwarakanath Tirtha. Unlike the period of Shri Indirakanta Tirtha, the socio-religious situation in this period was not marked by turmoil. Rather, the dust had long settled on the socio-religious front and the era of Svamijis having to issue rayasas over trivial internal disputes was a thing of the distant past. As the social and worldly lives of people had gained pace, religious restrictions, rites & duties had begun to be forgotten. Samskaras such as Upanyana had been reduced to a mere formality. Taptamudra Dharana and the compulsory practice of sandhya after bath had largely been forgotten. In spite of all this dilution in religious duties, the religious fervour of Vaishnavas in general and Sarasvatas in particular, had not completely died out. This is the reason why the temples and Gurupithas of the Sarasvatas had continued functioning in their full glory. The Guru’s rights in the religious domain were still acknowledged and a Guru with distinct erudition, scholarship, and benevolence like Shrimad Dwarakanath Tirtha still garnered the respect & support of the masses. Sensing the change in times and keeping up with them had become the new yugadharma and Shri Dwarakanath Tirtha, abiding by it, took active efforts to ensure that an intellectual rift should not arise between the society and the religious institution. His policies were designed to benefit not just the disciples of his own matha but also the society as a whole; and thus he gained wide acclaim and reverence even in the post-independence period where people's religious beliefs had begun to fade.
Svamiji was a visionary and a man of steadfast action. He planned ahead for his various initiatives such as setting up a Sanskrit Pathshalas at Partagali and Mumbai, Highschool and a college at Partagali centred on Indian culture & Sanskrit language, publishing house for religious publications, Pathshala to impart suitable training in vedas and paurohitya, renovating existing mathas and constructing new mathas elsewhere, etc. Even though troubled by constant illness, Svamiji travelled far & wide to bring his plans into action. He amassed a huge following with his transparency & affectionate speech. He raised several millions in funds for his various initiatives and dispensed the funds duly for those. He faced the unstable political situations that arose during his reign with a composed mind and strived hard keeping in mind the best interests of the matha & its objectives. To effectuate such novel policies, he brought together not just his own disciples but also leaders from other Hindu monastic orders, castes & creeds, and even other religions.
His wish to start a college at Partagali was revived in spirit after Goa’s liberation but could not be materialized due to a plethora of problems. He sensed that the social discord among the Hindus bore a direct relation to the lack of organization among & cooperation between the Hindu religious orders whose various sectarian divisions such as Vaishnava, Shaiva, Dvaita, Advaita, Vishishtadvaita, Gauda, Dravida, etc., had become hotbeds for divisive politics & internal rifts. He realized that for securing larger interests of the Hindus, these diverse sects had to be brought together on a common platform & made to work in unison setting aside their differences as & when needed. Accordingly, he worked in that direction.
Any existing disagreements between the two Vaishnava monastic orders of the Sarasvatas, viz., the Gokarna and the Kashi mathas, had ceased to exist by the time of Shri Indirakanta Tirtha and the two mathas & their leaders had formed stronger ties than ever before. Shri Dwarakanath Tirtha continued this policy of amicable relations between the 2 mathas. He met some of the mathadhipatis of the Ashtamathas of Udupi. Parallelly, he also held talks with the mathadhipatis of Shringeri, Kudali and the Smarta Sarasvata Chitrapura mathas in view of Hindu social awakening, unification & revival with special emphasis on ending inter-sect rivalries. He participated in the Madhva Philosophy Conference organized at Udupi and put forth this vision of Hindu social harmony & cooperation. His Sanskrit and Kannada inaugural addresses at the 4th iteration of this conference gained him universal popularity and acclaim. On the 6th and 7th of November 1954, a World Religious Conference was held in Mumbai at the Sundarabai Hall due to the efforts of Jainmuni Shri Sushilkumarji Bhaskar which was inaugurated by the then Chief Minister of the erstwhile Bombay State Shri Morarji Desai. The conference saw the participation of various religious leaders of the Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, Sikhs, etc, alongside the Gurus of various sects of Hinduism who each spoke at length about their religious views, sectarian perspectives and ideas for social harmony. Shri Dwarakanath Tirtha Svamiji represented the Vaishnava order in this conference and delivered a landmark speech on the occasion wherein he stated the eternal principles of the Hindus, clarified differences of opinion among different Hindu sects, informed the audience about Vaishnavism but most importantly, he stressed on the necessity of religion for social well-being. Through his speech he put forth the view of co-opting science and religion for human betterment and highlighted the significance of Bhagavadgita as an eternal learning resource for all of humanity.
A landmark accomplishment in the reign of Shri Dwarakanath Tirtha was his establishment of 3 new mathas in 3 major cities in the states of Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka. This was an unprecedented accomplishment in the history of the Matha. Constructing Mathas in Mumbai, Bengaluru and Vasco was such a major challenge from the financial viewpoint that just having a thought of the task would require great courage; but Svamiji courageously faces these challenges and completed the constructions in a stipulated time, even as he struggled with a continued bout of illness. Constructing a Matha in Mumbai was no mere task. It was going to require an unthinkably large sum of nearly ₹1.5 million in those times (cost not adjusted for inflation). The institution itself had no such funds & whether or not such funds could be raised through an appeal to its followers was a matter of doubt. Only 2 things were in favour of the construction: Svamiji’s own indomitable will, and his ability to amass large following. Only due to these 2 factors, was this unsurmountable task accomplished and unscalable heights were climbed.
Svamiji first came to Mumbai in 1950. The purpose of the visit was both for sanchara & the treatment of his spinal injuries. As the matha owned no property in Mumbai at the time, Svamiji and his company had to stay at the Walkeshwar premises of the Kashi matha In Mumbai which caused some difficulty in commutation.
One day Svamiji thought that seeing as Mumbai had become the second most important place for the Sarasvatas after Goa, it would be best to have a matha at a centrally located place in Mumbai. But a mathadhipati is not an autocrat who issues diktats at will and forces his followers to follow suit. It had been a longstanding tradition of the matha to discuss topics of significance in a meeting of its prominent followers before reaching a final conclusion. Further, Shri Dwarakanath Tirtha himself was a leader of the people and greatly respected democratic values. So he called forth not just the followers of his own matha, but also those of the Kashi & Kavale mathas and presented this proposal. Raising points like in a city like Mumbai which had become a hub of Sarasvata activity and population, the community had no place to rightfully call its own for religious ceremonies, to accommodate its Gurus during their travels without causing problems of commutation, etc., he put forth his ideas & all the representatives at the meeting upheld his views and a construction committee was established.
It must be noted that though Mumbai had a large population of Sarasvatas, the community itself was unorganized and divided in its matha distinctions such as Gokarna, Kashi, Kavale, Chitrapur, Dabhol, etc.; and regional identities such as Mumbaikar, Goan, Wadkar, Canarite, etc. Never before had all the Sarasvatas of all these distinct sectarian & regional backgrounds, had come together on a common platform. The Sarasvata temples in Mumbai had thus far been under the control of the Mumbaikar group of Sarasvatas, which in turn was divided into Pagadivale or Barghare (The 12 families of early Sarasvata settlers in Mumbai who wore a Pagadi) and Phetevale(Later day Sarasvata settlers who used handkerchiefs to cover their heads); the Pagadivale being the sub-group looking after temple affairs. The matter of ownership had been taken to court whereby the court declared that the temples were to be owned and administered collectively by all Sarasvatas in Mumbai. Even then, barring a select few such as the Malvankars and Wadkars, nobody took much interest in the management of temples, and so the Sarasvata community of Mumbai had continued to be unorganised and without unison.
All these groups were brought together on a shared dais for the first time by Shri Dwarakanath Tirtha and construction committee comprised of Sarasvatas from all the different regional identities and diverse professional backgrounds. This unification of diverse strata of the Sarasvatas birthed an environment of social harmony & unison among the Sarasvatas in Mumbai like never before.
On the subject of location, it was collectively agreed that the matha should be centrally located. However, it was highly difficult to find a suitable plot in central areas of Mumbai such as Girgaon. When the location in Wadala was brought to the table, many opposed on the ground of the locality being largely undeveloped. But Svamiji foresaw a slight northward shift in centre of activity in Mumbai and personally chose Wadala. This visionary decision made its mark as the once barren locality of Wadala has become the main city-centre of Brihanmumbai alongside its adjacent Dadar locality. The building has now become a rally-point for Sarasvatas in Mumbai with its iconic Ram Mandir, various facilities such as halls for ritual purposes and social ceremonies, and due to its easily accessible accommodation for the Mathadhipatis of the community. Indeed it would not be wrong to say that the great dreams for this matha expressed by Shri S. K. Patil in his speech at the Matha’s inauguration have all come to fruition with a lot more.
Construction was started at the chosen plot by doing the bhoomi poojana on Margashirsha Shukla Trayodashi of Saka 1872 (13th December 1950). The construction committee continued the building process over the next 4 years by raising funds through crowdfunding. After the first phase of construction when one half of the building was all set & done, the matha was inaugurated on Magha Shuddha Navami of Saka 1876 (2nd February 1955) at the hands of Shri Sudhindra Tirtha Svamiji of Kashi Matha.
Svamiji wished to start Sanskrit Pathshalas at this matha and in Dicholim. Accordingly, he set up an education committee comprising of Sanskrit scholars by the name ‘Samskruta Shikshana Prasaara Samiti’. In order to fund the educational activities of this committee, cultural programs were organized at the Wadala matha from 5th to 12th of February right after the inauguration.
The construction of the matha in Mumbai was completed over the next 5 to 6 years and Svamiji’s dream had materialized. But he did not stop there. He wanted to build a matha in the capital of Karnataka state too, just as he had in Maharashtra. Thus, he started working towards it and a suitable land was acquired in the Basavanagudi locality of Bengaluru city in the year 1950.
In addition to aforesaid constructions, Svamiji oversaw the renovation of Partagli matha. The tower above the temple of Ramadeva was in a dilapidated condition which the Svamiji got repaired, its roofing was replaced with copper-plated roofs, and a golden kalasha was installed at the top. After this was done, Svamiji did punahpratishtha of the idols of Rama, Sita and Lakshmana on Magha Shuddha Panchami of Saka 1887 Vishvavasu Samvatsara (5th February 1966). The ceremony was 5 days long.
Svamiji’s reign of roughly 3 decades was a period of peace on the socio-cultural front but tumultuous on the political side both within and outside of Goa. Great strain was put on the Gokarna-Partagali Jeevottama Matha’s workings due to the changing political landscape such as frequent wars, India’s independence, Goan liberation struggle, troubled Indo-Portuguese relations, embargoes, etc. Many properties of the Matha lied outside of the Portuguese dominion of Goa. Similarly many of its followers too lived outside of Goa in the neighbouring states of Maharashtra and Karnataka. Keeping a contact with all of these and managing financial affairs of the matha’s holdings had become a daunting task. But Svamiji efficiently managed all matha affairs even during these adverse times never once compromising on the interests of the institution.
In 1953, the Portuguese Minister for Overseas, Manuel Maria Sarmento Rodrigues visited Goa and met intently Svamiji to know about the Matha. After returning to Portugal, he issued a decreto on 23rd January 1954 stating that as the mathadhipatis of Gokarna and Kavale mathas are religious leaders of their respective sects, should they import idols and other articles for worship, import duties should not be levied upon them.
In the March of 1973, he was touring the Canara district of Karnataka. On 25th of March he visited Dharmasthala for the ceremony of the departure of Bahubali even though his blood pressure had greatly shot up that day. After finishing the puja and other programmes there, he returned to Ankola by night as he had to attend the inaugural function of a function of GSBs at Bandode 3 days later.
The next day Svamiji woke up early and finished all his daily tasks by 10:15 am. He planned to return to Partagali and rest for a while before attending the function at Bandode. While going to the car to leave for Partagali, Svamiji fainted suddenly and all treatments proved futile. He departed from the mortal world 10 minutes later, that is at 10:25 am.
This news spread like wildfire through PTI, telegrams and phone calls. Thousands of devotees from Goa & Karnataka rushed to Ankola through any means of transport they could find as they were under the impression that Svamiji’s vrundavana will be constructed at Ankola itself. The then Shishya Svami Shri Vidyadhiraja Tirtha too left for Ankola in a special car.
The residents of Ankola wished that Svamiji’s vrundavana be constructed there just as the vrundavanas of Shri Digvijaya Ramachandra Tirtha, Shri Ramakanta Tirtha and Shri Bhuvijaya Ramachandra Tirtha had been comstructed there before. However, Shishya Svamiji instructed that as Svamiji had attained haripaada while en route to Partagali, his vrundavana should be constructed at Partagali itself. Accordingly, all the materials arranged by the residents of Ankola for the vrundavana rituals were sent to Partagali.
Svamiji’s mortal remains were seated atop an open jeep and were taken to Partagali where the jeep reached by 10:45 pm. Countless devotees had darshana of Svamiji’s body on the way with moist eyes.
Such was Svamiji’s popularity & social acceptance that many non-Sarasvata traders too kept their shops and offices closed to express grief. Simultaneously, the parliamentary session of the erstwhile Government of Goa, Daman and Diu was underway where the then Chief Minister Shri. Dayanand Bandodkar put forth a grievance motion with humble obeisance. The motion was supported by the leader of opposition Dr. Jack Sequeira, vice-leader Anant N. Nayak and MLA Vasantrao Joshi in their respective speeches. Followed by this, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Narayan Fugro gave a short speech which resonated with the sentiments expressed thus far and 2 minutes of silence was observed as a mark of respect for the great departed Sannyasi who strived for the betterment of not just the Goan society but humanity as a whole.
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Brief sketch of life history

Shri Govind belonged to the famous family of Acharyas known for their scholarship and was introduced to sankrit at a very young age. He learnt kannada and english at the local primary school and then joined Shree Bhuvanendra Sanskrit Maha vidyalaya at Karkal. Then he went to partagali and studied veda, vedaangas, mimaamsaa, darshanas and other subjects. With his sharp intellect and a keen interest in studies, and of course with his austere lifestyle he was keenly observed by the guru swamiji Shrimad Indirakant Teertha. The senior pontiff confided in the shishya srimad kamalaanaatha teertha and expressed His wish to choose Sri Govind Acharya as the successor. 
Soon after the samaadhi of guruswami, sri Kamalaanaatha teertha gave sanyaasa to him on 7th May 1942 and named the shishya as sri dvaarakaanaatha teertha. As the tenure of sri kamalaanaatha teertha was only 11 months sri D. T. ascended the peetha at a very young age of about 14 and took the reigns of the matha in His able hands. That was really the start of a golden period of the matha.
India became independent in 1947 and it took 14 years more for the liberation of Goa. And there were too many loose threads spread across a vast area of the land. Sri D.T. earnestly began His work of integration of the fragmented society which had migrated to far away places and was loosing touch with their roots. 

The one specialty was His depth of knowledge of scriptures and without going against them find out solutions to intricate problems of many places of worship.He was a soft spoken person with a magnetic personality and no one had seen Him without His famous capturing smile. His very presence was electric to those around Him. He was extremely good looking person and there was a daivee kalaa on His face. And if you happened to catch His sparkling eyesight tere was no way one could keep upright. Without being aware of it they simply prostrated! It was a commanding aspect and not the yielding from you :-)

His command on languages was exceptional. He could talk in marathi better than a born maratha. He could talk in hindi, kanada, and various local dialects in konkani. He loved children exceptionally , and I fondly remember it :-)
Sri Swamiji represented GSBs in many forums., The sarva dharma parishad of World Religious forum was held in Mumbai on 6th to 7th November ,1954..He participated in a parishad held in udupi in 1`966 about Madhwa philosophy and a similar one in Coimbattore where he delivered a series of pravachanas known as "aashayadhaaras".
He solved a large number of personal feuds between families when both parties agreed to abide by Swamiji's verdict. He was soft and so solved the problems with a high degree of diplomacy , with least hurt to the two parties.Once when such two parties brought separate cars in which each wanted swamiji to travel, swamiji kept the samsthana idols in one car and traveled in the other car ! 

He never hesitated to use the modern means of communication which was rather a great advancement in those times.
Swamiji had an unusual farsightedness and worked for the welfare of the community. At that time there was no math in Mumbai though a large number of followers were settled there.,The way in which a place was selected in Wadala , in central Mumbai and a matha for raam, laxman , seeta was constructed is a history. The foundation stone was lid by swamiji on 22nd december 1950 qnd the math was inaugurated by shri Sudheendra teerth swamiji of Kashi math.

There has always been a very cordial relation between the pontifs of these two GSB maths of sriman Madhwacharya parampare.
The vRindavanas of the mulayatis of both maths, shriman naaraayaNa teertha and shrimad yadvendra teertha are situated in bhatkal gopi nadi , side by side. Shree Bhuvanendra teertha swamiji observed chaturmasa in Gokarna math in mangalore once. Sri SukRiteendra teertha swamiji was a guest of honour for a raamanavami rathotsava at partagaali during shrimad indirakanta teertha swamiji and stayed for a week. I had uploaded a few photos of that occasion in this group some time back.

Swamiji , then constructed a math in Bangalore Basavanagudi on Krishna Rajendra road and one more at Vasco , Goa.

The then President of India Babu Rajendra Prasad visited Swamiji to pay his respects and was so much impressed with H.H., the matha and the community , he issued a Presidential order for some things which are still very valuable to the matha.
The relations between the Udupi aShTa mathas and swamiji were most cordial.

Swamiji was well vesred in the dvaita siddhaanta and conducted pravachanas in the evening everyday without fail, wherever He happened to be.

He had returned from dharmasthala in March 1973 and was staying in Ankola maTHa.
On 25th morning He finished His morning pooja and was getting ready to return to partagaaLi. Suddenly He collapsed and though the Doctors tried to revive Him Lord had already taken Him to His place.
As Swamiji was ready to go to partagaaLi when this happned He was taken on a procession to the partagaaLi matha and the vRindaavana was constructed there. The procession must have been the longest in the history of the matha.
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