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Sri Purushottama Tirtha

Sri Purushottama Tirtha

Sri Purushottama Tirtharu is tenth in the authorized lineage of Sri Madhvacaryaru.

Sri Purushottama Tirtharu lived mostly at Channapatna or Abbur in Karnataka. He had his own monastery, which he later entrusted to his disciple Sri Sridhara Tirtharu. This monastery survives today and is called the Kundapura Vyasaraja Mutt. Sri Purushottama Tirtha’s accredited literary work was a gloss on the Tatparya of Sri Jaya Tirtharu. He departed the world in 1416.

Sri Brahmanya Tirtharu is the direct desciple of Sri Purshottama Tirtharu.

Facts

Ahrama Period - 1448 - 1460

Chaitra Shudda Pratipat - the Guha Pravesha Day of (1416A.D). There is no Vrundavana as it is believed that he entered Guha alive and never turned back.

Ashrama Gurugalu – Sri Jayadhwaja Thirtharu

His aradhana day is celebrated by his devotees on Chaitra Shudda Pratipat.