Period: 1886 - 1914
parampare: kAshi maTa, #18
gurugaLu: shri bhuvanEndra tIrtharu
shishyaru: shri sukratIndra tIrtharu
ArAdhane: AshADa shuddha dwitIya
brindAvana: walkeshwar, mumbai
The kAshi maTa was started for kochi gowda saraswath brahmin (GSB) community by shri vijayIndra tIrtharu of rAyara maTa (then called vibhudEndra maTa). It was around 1540 AD when he was doing chAturmAsya in Cochi at the invitation of the GSB community he agreed to initiate a vaTu from the GSB Community. He gave sanyAsa at kAshi and had a maTa built there. Hence it came to be known as kAshi maTa. The parampare continues to this day and the current pITAdhipathi is samyamIndra tIrtharu. Only btahmachArIs come into the pITa in this maTa.
Once one Sri Narasimha Puranik with his son Ramakrishna Puranik had gone to meet Sri Varadendra teertha swamiji. After pAda pUja Swamiji looked at Ramakrishna and said 'this vatu will be a great yati'. The bhavishyavani turned out to be true as Ramakrishna Puranik went on to become the peethadhipati of Gokarna partagali jeevottama math as Sri Indirakanta teertha.
Varadendra tIrthA's musical capabilities are legendary. Varadendra Tirtha knew many musical instruments and was an expert in playing Veena. At many places, Swamiji had corrected many great musicians of the era, when they had missed in laya/tALa. It was a very rare mixture of Vedajnana and Naada-jnaana.
Not only this, Varadendra Tirtharu had created many new rAgas and taught various svaras and their rhythmic patterns (svara prasthara) to others. Unfortunately, they seem to be lost to us now.
| Category | Aradhana |
| month | Aashada |
| paksha | Shukla |
| tithi | Dwitiya |
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