Ahobila Matha

Ahobila Matam
Founder
Srimad Athivan Satakopan
Religions
Hinduism
Website
www.ahobilamutt.org

The Ahobila Matam is a Vadakalai Sri Vaishnava (established as a thenkalai monastery by Van Satakopa Jeeyar later changed to vadakalai approximantely during the reign of 25th or 26th pontiff) monastery established around 1400 CE at Ahobilam in Andhra Pradesh, India currently following the Vadakalai tradition of Vedanta Desika.[1] It is attributed to Sri Adivan Satakopa Yatindra Swami (originally known as Srinivasacharya).[2][3][4]

Sri Adhivan Satakopa Yatindra Swami, a Thenkalai saint, founded and established the Matha, based on the Pancharatra tradition, who was born in the illustrious lineage of Sri Vangeepuram Nambi,[5] who was also a great grand son and great grand disciple of Thiruvaimozhi Achan of Tirunarayanapuram, [6][7] and a sishya of Tirupati Garudachariar (Samasrayanam) and Tirupati Srinivasachariar (Kalakshepam), the scholarly successors of the celebrated Sri Vaishnava stalwart Thirumalai Anandalwan, Tirupati Garudachariar’s father Tirupati Rangachariar was the disciple of Sri Periyavachan Pillai. Tirupati Srinivasachariar was the grandson of Tirupati Rangachariar. Tirupati Srinivasachariar was the son of Tirupati Keshavachariar who was the elder brother of Tirupati Garudachariar and son of Tirupati Rangachariar. So the lineage of Sri Adivan Satakopa Yatindra Swami goes like Tirupati Rangachariar (who comes in the lineage of Thirumalai Anandalwan) was the disciple of Sri Periyavachan Pillai had two sons named Tirupati Keshavachariar and Tirupati Garudachariar who were the disciples of Thiruvaimozhi Achan of Tirunarayanapuram also known as Ilampilisai Pillai and Dravida Vedanta Deshika. Tirupati Keshavachariar had a son named Tirupati Srinivasachariar. Sri Adivan Satakopa Yatindra Swami comes from the lineage of Sri Vangeepuram Nambi and also a great grandson of Thiruvaimozhi Achan. Thiruvaimozhi Achan (who comes in the lineage of Vangeepuram Nambi) was also known as Ilampilisai Pillai and Dravida Vedanta Deshika. Sri Adivan Satakopa Yatindra Swami had samasrayanam from Tirupati Garudachariar and grantha kalakshepam from Tirupati Srinivasachariar. [8][9][10][11][12]

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  10. ^ "Vadakalai Srivaishnava Festivals' Calendar - The source mentions Pancharatra & Munitraya Krishna Jayantis celebrated by Ahobila Matha & Andavan Ashrams respectively". Archived from the original on 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2011-09-25.
  11. ^ Ahobila Matha's Balaji Mandir Pune, Calendar - The calendar mentions Ahobila Matha disciples celebrating Krishna Jayanti as "Pancharatra Sri Jayanti". Archived 2011-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
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