Guru Parampara
Twenty one Swamijis, one lamp passed from hand to hand
Each Mathadhipati of Shree Kashi Math Samsthan has worshipped the same Vyasa Raghupati deities and handed them on. This is their story, in order.
The roots
From Jagadguru Shrimath Madhwacharya
The line begins with Shrimath Ananda Thirtha, Jagadguru Madhwacharya, and passes through fifteen great Yatis to Shrimath Vijayendra Thirtha Swamiji.
Shrimath Vijayendra Thirtha Swamiji (Date of Samadhi 1595 AD) on request by GSBs in Cochin, initiated Shrimath Yadavendra (I) Thirtha into Sanyas and founded Shree Kashi Math Samsthan.
- H.H Shrimath Ananda Thirtha Swamiji
- H.H Shrimath Padmanabha Thirtha Swamiji
- H.H Shrimath Narahari Thirtha Swamiji
- H.H Shrimath Madhava Thirtha Swamiji
- H.H Shrimath Akshobhya Thirtha Swamiji
- H.H Shrimath Jaya Thirtha Swamiji
- H.H Shrimath Vidyadhiraja Thirtha Swamiji
- H.H Shrimath Kavindra Thirtha Swamiji
- H.H Shrimath Vagisha Thirtha Swamiji
- H.H Shrimath Ramachandra Thirtha Swamiji
- H.H Shrimath Vibudhendra Thirtha Swamiji
- H.H Shrimath Jitamitra Thirtha Swamiji
- H.H Shrimath Raghunandana Thirtha Swamiji
- H.H Shrimath Surendra Thirtha Swamiji
- H.H Shrimath Vijayendra Thirtha Swamiji
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1st Mathadhipati · Samadhi 1608H.H Shrimath Yadavendra (I) Thirtha Swamiji
Shrimath Yadavendra Thirtha Swamiji was the first Mathadhipathi of Shree Kashi Math Samsthan. The Math Bhavan had been built by the Goud Saraswath Brahmanas around A.D. 1540.
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2nd Mathadhipati · Samadhi 1670H.H Shrimath Keshavendra Thirtha Swamiji
Shrimath Keshavendra Thirtha Swamiji was initiated into Sanyasa by His Guru H.H Shrimath Yadavendra Thirtha Swamiji. H.H Shrimath Keshavendra Thirtha Swamiji became the second Mathdhipati of Shree Kashi Math Samsthan after His Guru, the first Mathdhipati…
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3rd Mathadhipati · Samadhi 1674
H.H Shrimath Upendra (I) Thirtha Swamiji
At the passing away of Shrimath Keshavendra Thirtha of the Kashi Math Samsthan, Shrimath Upendra Thirtha became the third head of the Math Samsthan.
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4th Mathadhipati · Samadhi 1711
H.H Shrimath Yadavendra (II) Thirtha Swamiji
Shrimath Keshavendra Thirtha Swamiji (the second Swamiji of Shree Kashi Math Samsthan) had initiated another vatu into sanyasa and had named him Yadavendra Thirtha, the same name as his Guru’s.
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5th Mathadhipati · Samadhi 1725
H.H Shrimath Raghavendra Thirtha Swamiji
Shrimath Raghavendra Thirtha, the shishya of the third Guru of Shree Kashi Math Samsthan, Shrimath Upendra Thirtha, became the fifth Swamiji of Shree Samsthan.
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6th Mathadhipati · Samadhi 1740
H.H Shrimath Devendra Thirtha Swamiji
Shrimath Devendra Thirtha was the sixth Swamiji of Shree Kashi Math Samsthan. He had also travelled widely from Banaras to Kochi via Karnataka.
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7th Mathadhipati · Samadhi 1775H.H Shrimath Madhavendra Thirtha Swamiji
Shrimath Madhavendra Thirtha became the seventh head of Shree Kashi Math Samsthan after the passing away of the earlier head of the Samsthan, Shrimath Devendra Thirtha in Bantwal.
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8th Mathadhipati · Samadhi 1760
H.H Shrimath Jnanendra Thirtha Swamiji
The eighth Swamiji of Shree Kashi Math Samsthan, Shrimath Jnanendra Thirtha used to stay in Vanarasi in the Math premises.
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9th Mathadhipati · Samadhi 1773
H.H Shrimath Yadavendra (III) Thirtha Swamiji
Since Shrimath Jnaneendra Thirtha Swamiji passed away while his Guru was still alive, the latter had initiated another vatu into sanyasa and named him Shrimath Yadavendra (III) Thirtha, who unfortunately passed away on Phalguna Bahula Dviteeya of Nandana…
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10th Mathadhipati · Samadhi 1791
H.H Shrimath Upendra (II) Thirtha Swamiji
Shrimath Upendra (II) Thirtha became the tenth Swamiji of Shree Kashi Math Samsthan, and passed away in Banaras in 1791.
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11th Mathadhipati · Samadhi 1799
H.H Shrimath Rajendra Thirtha Swamiji
Shrimath Rajendra Thirtha became the eleventh Swamiji of Shree Kashi Math Samsthan after Shrimath Upendra (II) Thirtha passed away in 1791 in Banaras.
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12th Mathadhipati · Samadhi 1831
H.H Shrimath Sureendra Thirtha Swamiji
Shrimath Sureendra Thirtha (also referred to as Surendra Thirtha in some of the documents) became the twelfth Swamiji of Shree Kashi Math Samsthan after the passing away of his Guru, Shrimath Rajendra Thirtha in 1799.
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13th Mathadhipati · Samadhi date not known
Shrimath Vishnu Thirtha Swamiji
Shrimath Vishnu Thirtha, the younger shishya of Shrimath Rajendra Thirtha became the thirteenth Swamiji of Shree Kashi Math Samsthan.
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14th Mathadhipati · Samadhi 1834H.H Shrimath Vibhudendra Thirtha Swamiji
Shrimath Vibhudendra Thirtha was the fourteenth Swamiji of Shree Kashi Math Samsthan. He was born on Thursday, Chaitra Shuddha Saptami of Shubhakritu Samvatsar (Sh.
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15th Mathadhipati · Samadhi 1851
H.H Shrimath Sumathindra Thirtha Swamiji
Shrimath Sumathindra Thirtha was the fifteenth Swamiji of Shree Kashi Math Samsthan. He was born on Monday. Ashvija Bahula Panchami of Kalayuta Samvatsara (Sh.
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16th Mathadhipati · Samadhi 1859
H.H Shrimath Vasudendra Thirtha Swamiji
Shrimath Vasudendra Thirtha was the sixteenth Swamiji of Shree Kashi Math Samsthan. He was succeeded by Shrimath Bhuvanendra Thirtha after he passed away in 1859.
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17th Mathadhipati · Samadhi 1886H.H Shrimath Bhuvanendra Thirtha Swamiji
Shrimath Bhuvanendra Thirtha was the seventeenth Swamiji of Shree Kashi Math after passing away of Shrimath Vasudendra Thirtha in 1859.
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18th Mathadhipati · Samadhi 1914H.H Shrimath Varadendra Thirtha Swamiji
Shrimath Varadendra Thirtha was the eighteenth Swamiji of Shree Kashi Math. He had spent ten years in Banaras Matha premises, studying Sanskrit and became a great Sanskrit scholar and authored many compositions in praise of Lord Rama, Lord Krishna and other…
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19th Mathadhipati · Samadhi 1949H.H Shrimath Sukrathindra Thirtha Swamiji
Shrimath Sukrathindra Thirtha Swamiji was the nineteenth Swamiji of Shree Kashi Math. He was born on Friday, Phalguna Bahula Navami of Durmukhi Samvatsar (Sh.
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20th Mathadhipati · Samadhi 2016H.H Shrimath Sudhindra Thirtha Swamiji
Shrimath Sudhindra Thirtha Swamiji was the twentieth Swamiji in the Guru Parampara. In the Poorvashram (before being initiated into sanyasa by the previous Swamiji), he was known as Shri Sadashiva Shenoy, son of Shri Ramadas Shenoy, a trustee of Shri…
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21st Mathadhipati · Present MathadhipatiH.H Shrimath Samyamindra Thirtha Swamiji
Born Sri Umesh Mallan in 1982, he was chosen after 48 horoscopes were cast, and was initiated into Sanyasa at Sri Vyasashram, Haridwar, on 20 June 2002. He is the 21st Yati of Shree Kashi Math Samsthan.
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