Sagarakatte

Sagarakatte (Shri Vyasaraja Mutt) is the youngest of all the Madhva samasthanas and headquartered in Sagarakatte in the Mandya District in Karnataka state of India. Sagarakatte is a village close to Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS), Mysore and is about 25 km from Mysore city.

Its first pontiff was Shri 1008 Shri Pradhyumna Theertharu ascended the peeta in 1920. Shri Pradhyumna Theertharu was a great scholar and was the son of Pt.Vekataramanacharya of Dharawad, Karnataka. The Sagarakatte parampare starts with Shri Pradhyumna Theertharu. Shri Pradhyumna Theertharu studied under Shri Vedhanidhi Theertharu of Shri Padaraja Matha, Mulbagal and became an eminent scholar par excellence.

Shri Pradhyumna Theertharu got his pontificate from Shri 1008 Shri Lakshmipriya Theertharu of Kundapura Vyasaraja Mata. The samsthana currently has 3 mathas, one in Sagarakatte and two in Mysore (Jayalakshmipuram and Krishnamurthypuram). Shri Pradhyumna Theertharu entered brundavan in 1975 (Jaishta Amavasya - Raakshasa Samvatsara) at Krishnamurthypuram, Mysore.

Shri Pradhyumna Theertharu gave ashrama to Shri 1008 Shri Pragnaadhiraja Theertharu (PD Kaarthika Shukla Navami) and the current peetadhipathi is Shri 1008 Shri Pragnadhirajendra Theertharu.

Parampare

# Shri 1008 Shri Pradhyumna Theertharu (1910-1975)
# Shri 1008 Shri Pragnaadhiraja Theertharu (1975 - 1990)
# Shri 1008 Shri Pragnadhirajendra Theertharu (1990 - Present) - Current Pontiff

References

* B.N.K. Sharma (2000), "The History of the Dvaita School of Vedanta and Its Literature", 3rd ed., Motilal Banarsidass.
* Dr Krishna Kolarakulkarni, "Madhva Matagalu", 2nd Edition, Bhagyalakshmi Publishers: Bangalore.