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shri gurubyO namaha....hari Om...

*jEshTa bahuLa yEkAdashI is the ArAdhane of shri vidyAdIsha tIrtharu of krishNApura maTa. (celebrated on dwAdashI) *

gurugaLu: shri bhuvanEndra tIrtharu of puthige maTa. 

shishyaru: shri vidyApUrNa tIrtharu

parampare: krishNApura maTa, #33

brindAvanA: KR Market, Bengaluru, 1881

mrithika brindAvanA: sindhanUr

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ವಂದೇ ಕೃಷ್ಣಾಪುರಗತಾನ್ ಶ್ರೀವಿದ್ಯಾಧೀಶ

ಸದ್ಗುರೂನ್ ||

The swamiji of krishNApura maTa had attained brindAvana without annointing a successor. The responsibility of identifying a successor fell on the maTAdhipathi of the dwandwa maTa - shri bhuvanEndra tIrtharu of puthige maTa. He noticed that a boy was chanting sumadhwavijaya with his hands raised even while sleeping. He decided that the boy was the right person to become a sanyAsigaLu. He gave him sanyAsa, named him as vidyAdIsha tIrtharu and annointed him to the krishNApura maTa. Shri vidyAdIsha tIrtharu did all his studies under shri bhuvanEndra tIrtharu. He also studied nyaya Shastra in kashi for 12 years. Shri kashi timmaNAchAryaru studied in kashi along with shri vidyAdIsha tIrtharu. 

shri vidyAdIsha tIrtharu was a great scholar and a holy Saint. He was an aparOksha jnAnigaLu. srigaLu did Sri Sudha Mangala Mahotsava 12 times including the 27 TippaNIs. All TippaNIs and Sudha Grantha was "mukhodgata" to Srigalu.

He did krishNa paryAya 4 times. 

The pontiffs of pEjAvara (vishwarAja tIrtharu) , Shirur (lakshmivallabha tIrtharu) and Sode Matha (vishwAdIsha tUrtharu) at that time and a score of other laymen received their higher education under him. Shri jambhukhanDi vAdirAjAchAryaru, the one who staunchly believed in and propagated the rujutva of shri vAdirAja tIrtharu, was also his shishyaru.

shri jambhukhaNDi vAdirAjAchAryaru was awarded the title of 'sudhAkarAchArya' because of Acharya's strong knowledge in Sri Sudha Grantha including the 27 TippaNIs. Sri jamakhaNDi AchArya defeated Kashmiri Shaivadvaiti Pandits single handedly and got honoured with Golden and Ivory Pallakkis. He did samarpane of these to shri vidyAdhIsha tIrtharu as Guru dakshiNa. The same Pallakki can be seen in Sri Krishnapura maTa even now. The gold used for Pallakki has been used in the present day Gold Pallakki in Udupi for pallakki sEvA and was donated by Sri vidyApUrNa tIrtharu, the shishyaru of shri vidyAdIsha tIrtharu.

shri vidyAdIsha tIrtharu installed the idol of Sri mukhyaprANa both at Prayaga and danDa tIrtha. He got made a gold mantapa for the pUja of his deity. He also renovated the Math in Krishnapur.

The pontiff of Sri Puttige maTa, shri sudhIndra tIrtha, who lived 100 years received his sanyAsa, from vidyAdIsha tIrtharu.

His mUla brindAvanA is in Bengaluru. It is at KR Market. He had aparOxsha jnAna that he would be born as a Muslim in his next birth. Hence to avoid that he selected his resting place in Muslim area so that he can get rid of his prArabhdha karma from the brindAvanA itself by listening to the Muslim prayers everyday. His mrithika brindAvanA at sindhanUr is also in a Muslim locality.

The maTA in KR Market also has shri kaDagOlu krishNa, praNadEvaru, pratime of shri bhAvi samIra vAdirAjaru and mrithika brindAvana of shri rAyaru.

shri vidyAdIsha tIrtha varada gOvindA gOvindA... 

shri krishNArpaNamastu...