Sri Vidyadhiraj teerth
Place of Birth : Shri Damodar Nilaya, Nayakankatte Baindur taluka Udupi district.
Birth Name : Senapur Raghavendra Laxminarayan Acharya
Date of Birth : Sri Saka 1867 Parthiva Sam. Shravana Shukla 14shi Wednesday (22/08/1945)
Sannyasadiksha : Sri Saka 1888 Parabhava Sam. Magha Krishna 2ya Sunday (26/02/1967)
Sannyasa Initiation: Age 21 years 06 months 04 days
Place of Initiation: Shri Ram Mandir Wadala, Mumbai
DFeekshaGuru : Sri Dwarkanath Tirtha (22)
Gurupeetharohan : Sri Saka 1895 Pramathich Sam. Chaitra Shukla 2ya (05/04/1973)
Shishya sweekar: Sri Vidyadhish Tirtha (24)
Mahanirvana : Sri Saka 1943 Plava Sam. Ashadh Shukla Dashami Monday (19/07/2021)
Vrindavan at : Parthagali Matha
As a shishya : 06 years 01 month 10 days
On Gurupeetha: 48 years 03 months 14 days
In sanyasahrama: 54 years 04 months 23 days
Age at Vrinadana: 75 years 10 months 27 days
Establishment of Mathas:
1. Kayankulam (Kerala)
2. Badrikashram 28/06/1
3. Belgaum 18/05/1
4. Dandeli 26/03/1
5. Madgaon 19/11/1
6. Hubli 30/11/1996
7. Parvari 18/11/2
8. Kandalur 03/03/2002
9. Nashik 04/04/2002
10 Bhadravati 14/11/2
Establishment of new Matha architecture by relocation
1. Yallapur 08/04/1983
2. Manki Math 01/06/1983
Shreemad Vidyadheesh teerth
विद्याधिराज तीर्थानां करकञ्ज समुद्भवम्।
विद्याधीश गुरूं वन्दे मधुविद्या प्रवृद्धये॥
- Birth and Early Life:
- Born in Kasarkod, Honavar, Uttara Kannada district on 16/10/1995 CE.
- Second son of Vedamurthy Lakshminarayan Anant Bhat.
- Family originally from Bhatkal, belonged to the archaka family of Gopalakrishna devasthan.
- Later appointed as archaka in Vidyadhiraj Bhavan, Belgavi.
- Purvashrama name – Uday Bhat Sharma.
- Education and Upbringing:
- Upanayana samskara on 17/06/2006.
- Primary and secondary education in Belagavi.
- Admitted to Maratha Mandal Engineering College in Mechanical Engineering.
- Religious Background:
- Brought up in a religious environment, strictly following Vaishnava dharma.
- Daily Sandhyavandana, puja, and other rituals.
- Recognized by Shreemad Vidyadhiraja teerth Swamiji for his innate nature.
- Appointed as Swamiji’s successor after horoscope examination and Kaul from Samstan Devatas.
- Initiation and Training:
- Entered Partagali Jeevottam Math on 30/05/2014.
- Teaching of Veda-Vedanga-Vedanta started on Jyestha Shukla Panchami.
- Studied Sanskrit language, grammar, poetry, and basic Madhva siddhanta.
- Groomed in jyotishya, ganita, smritis, and allied subjects by Guru Shreemad Vidyadhiraja teerth.
- Sannyasa and Further Studies:
- Initiated into sannyasa on 09/02/2017.
- Continued studies of Shastra, writing copious notes.
- Familiarized with various branch maths and vyavahara.
- Leadership and Contributions:
- Crowned as Shreemad Vidhyadheesh teerth on 30/07/2021 after Guru’s Haripada on 19/07/2021.
- Undertook many social and religious works.
- Planned complete renovation of the mula math for its 550th foundation anniversary in 2025.
- Organized 550 crore Rama Nama Tarak japa involving shishyas of the math.