Sri AkshobhyaTirtha is one of the
famous saints who took sanyasa directly from Sri Madhvacharya. His name before
he became the disciple of Sri Madhvacharya was Govinda Shastri. He is supposed
to belong to the northern karnataka region. With the tours of Sri Madhvacharya,
the fame of Sri Madhvacharya spread to all corners of the country. Sri Govinda
Shastri listened about the erudition, works and the disciples of Sri
Madhvacharya and went to Udupi. He was a follower of a non-Vaishnava
('advaitin') line before meeting and surrendering to Sri Madhvacharya.
Madhvacharya's Direct Disciple
Sri AkshobhyaTirtha was the last
of Madhvacharya's direct disciples to sit on the Vedanta Pitha. After
initiating AkshobhyaTirtha into sanyasa Sri Madhvacharya gave him the Deity of Aja-Vithala.
Sri AkshobhyaTirtha who initiated Sri
Jaya Tirtha (author of Sriman Nyaya Sudha) was a contemporary of the great
'advaitin' Sri Vidyaranya and also of a celebrated 'Visistha-advaitin' scholar Sri
Vedanta Desika. Sripad AkshobhyaTirtha moved after this to a little north to
Pandharapur on the banks of the Bhima-rathi River, which is where he met his
future disciple Jaya Tirtha. In the years to follow AkshobhyaTirtha dedicated
most of his time training Jaya Tirtha in 'Dwaita' philosophy. The relationship
was so nice that Sripad AkshobhyaTirtha gave his every breath to make Sripad
Jaya Tirtha the most proficient and dynamic preacher since Madhva. Sripad
AkshobhyaTirtha taught him how to search out hidden significance's in the words
of Madhwa which others missed.
Sri AkshobhyaTirtha Moola
Vrindavana is at Malkhed.
How to visit Malkhed?
Malkhed comes under Gulbarga District. It is 40 kms away from Gulbarga. There is sufficient bus facilitiy to Malkhed from Gulbarga. It is situated in between Gulbarga and Sedam, 12 kms from Sedam.