Sri Vyasaraja Matha (Kannada: ವ್ಯಾಸರಾಜ ಮಠ) is a Dvaita Matha based in Southern India. It is one of the original seats of Jagad-guru Śrī Madhvācārya and thus belongs to the Madhva sampradāya.
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Parampara
The list is numbered beginning from Śrī Madhvācārya
- Śrī Madhvācārya (Śrīmad-Ānanda Tīrtha Bhagavat-pādācārya)
- Śrī Padmanābha Tīrtha
- Śrī Nṛhari Tīrtha
- Śrī Mādhava Tīrtha
- Śrī Akṣobhya Tīrtha
- Śrī Jaya Tīrtha
- Śrī Vidyādhirāja Tīrtha
- Śrī Rajendra Tīrtha
- Śrī Jayadwaja Tīrtha
- Śrī Purushothama Tīrtha
- Śrī Bramhanya Tīrtha
- Śrī Vyasaraja Tīrtha
- Śrī Srinivasa Tīrtha
- Śrī Rama Tīrtha
- Śrī Lakshmikantha Tīrtha
- Śrī Sripathi Tīrtha
- Śrī Ramachandra Tīrtha
- Śrī Lakshmivallabha Tīrtha
- Śrī Lakshminatha Tīrtha
- Śrī Lakshmipathi Tīrtha
- Śrī Lakshminarayana Tīrtha
- Śrī Raghunatha Tīrtha
- Śrī Jagannatha Tīrtha
- Śrī Srinatha Tīrtha
- Śrī Vidyanatha Tīrtha
- Śrī Vidyapathi Tīrtha
- Śrī Vidyavallabha Tīrtha
- Śrī Vidyakaantha Tīrtha
- Śrī Vidyanidhi Tīrtha
- Śrī Vidyapurna Tīrtha
- Śrī Vidyasrisindhu Tīrtha
- Śrī Vidyasridhara Tīrtha
- Śrī Vidyasrinivasa Tīrtha
- Śrī Vidyasamudra Tīrtha
- Śrī Vidyaratnakara Tīrtha
- Śrī Vidyavaridhi Tīrtha
- Śrī Vidyaprasanna Tīrtha
- Śrī Vidyapayonidhi Tīrtha
- Śrī Vidyavachaspathi Tīrtha
- Śrī Vidyamanohara Tīrtha
Controversies
Sri Vyasaraja Seva Samiti, a registered body has levelled several allegations of corruption, malpractice and nepotism against the three last pontiffs of the Vyasaraja Matha.
The Mutt's administration has been taken over by the Government of Karnataka with the appointment of K. Jairaj, former IAS officer as an administrator.
The present presiding pontiff Śrī Vidyamanohara Tīrtha was arrested on a cheque bounce case by Andhra Pradesh Police. The seer was arrested based on a private complaint in a Kadapa court relating to a cheque bounce case. After recording his attendance, the magistrate released him on conditional bail. The seer was arrested again in October 2015 along with the seer's mother and his personal cook in a case of destruction of a chariot and theft of silver that had adorned the chariot.
Following these controversies, Śrī Vidyamanohara Tīrtha had given an offer to Prof. D Prahaladachar to take Sanyaasa as his disciple on before the last week of December'2015, but ultimately Prof.Prahladachar was not given sanyasa.
Present Pontiff
Vid.Sri Pushkarachar, a renowned Madhwa sampradaya scholar, famous for his discourses and writings on various Madhwa tattvavada topics, was given sanyaasa deekshe and named as Sri Sri 1008 Sri Vidyavijaya Tirtha on 7 July 2016. He is a disciple of pratah smaraneeya H.H. Sri Devendra tirtharu.