Source - Notes of Shri H.L. Kamath
Copied from a book written by Sri Udupi Raghavendra Acharya (son of Panduranga Acharya).
[Currently, the grandson of Sri Raghavendra Acharya, resides in the Acharya Math, Udupi]
The Gurus of Kashi Math are:
1. Sri Narayana Tirtha
Vrindavana: Bhatkal.
Punyatithi (death anniversary): Chaitra Bahula Amavasya.
2. Sri Raghuchandra [Tirtha]
3. Sri Samyamindra [Tirtha]
4. Sri Vidyanidhi Tirtha
His native place was Varkat/Varkata, Vipinapura.
He [is said to have] installed Sri Mulki Narasimha Deva on Shalivahana Shaka 1346, Krodhi year, Margashira Shukla 15.
[ This seems to be deduced from an inscription at Mulki Venkatramana Temple, inscribed on the mirror situated in the Vasanta Mantapa of the temple;
षट्चत्वारिंशदब्दे त्रिशते सहस्रेणाचिते मार्गशीर्षे ।।
विद्यारत्नाकराख्यं यतिकुलमणिभिः स्थापितोमोवमूर्तिः ।
पायाद्वो नारसिंहो त्रिभुवनविजयी मूलिकापदणस्थः ॥
He established a Matha at Rameshwar and installed Ramadeva there.
His Vrindavana is at Kashi.
[This makes Vidyanidhi Tirtha distinct from Srimad Vijayeendra Tirtha. The story of Vidyanidhi Tirtha is also given in the Gaud Saraswat Brahmanakhyana of Tellicherry Vasudeva Shanbhag.
The details of Math at Rameshwar and Vrindavana at Kashi are also interesting.]
5. Sri Yadavendra Tirtha
Vrindavana: Kashi.
[As per official records, the samadhi is in Bhatkal, and was moved to its current location by Srimad Sudhindra Tirtha as the original samadhi mandir near Gopi River [a rivulet flowing into Chowtani River] was getting flooded.]
6. Sri Keshavendra Tirtha
Vrindavana: Basrur.
(It appears that he was living in Shalivahana Shaka 1530.)
7. Sri Upendra Tirtha
Vrindavana: Kashi.
He was living in Shalivahana Shaka 1590 [the final digit is unclear in the source].
Punyatithi: Phalguna Bahula 3.
8. Sri Devendra Tirtha
Vrindavana: Bantwal.
He was living in Shalivahana Shaka 1597.
9. Sri Raghavendra Tirtha
Vrindavana: Kashi.
He was living in Shalivahana Shaka 1603.
Native place - Tripunithura
Punyatithi: Phalguna Shukla 14.
10. Sri Jnanendra Tirtha
Vrindavana: Nashik.
11. Sri Madhavendra Tirtha
Vrindavana: Bombay.
Native place: Alapalli [Allepy]
Punyatithi: Shravana Shukla 5.
[Installed the Varadaraya Venkatramana idol at Gurupura. The idol was brought by him from an old temple in Basrur, which was built by the GSB community there.
Entered Sajeeva Samadhi at a Vrindavan he built at Walkeshwar, Mumbai. This place was donated to him by Shri Rama Kamath in early 1700s, when he was returning from a Kashi yatra.]
12. Sri Yadavendra Tirtha
Vrindavana: Hemapura, Honavar.
13. Sri Rajendra Tirtha
Vrindavana: Turavur.
Punyatithi: Vaishakha Bahula [date missing/unclear].
14. Sri Upendra Tirtha
Vrindavana: Kashi.
Punyatithi: Phalguna Bahula 2.
[The source then appears to mention Prayag, perhaps as the Vrindavana/place, but the line is unclear.]
15. Sri Vishnu Tirtha
Vrindavana: Prayag.
16. Sri Sureendra Tirtha
Vrindavana: Alapalli [Aleppy]
Native Place - Kalongol.
Regarding him, there is a judgement/order concerning a birudavali (grant/title document) given by Mr. Thomas Munro Sahib on 20-6-1800.
Punyatithi: Jyeshtha Shukla 7.
In the year 1778, he had lent Rs. 12,533/- to the East India Company and obtained a promissory note for it.
17. Sri Vibhudhendra Tirtha
Vrindavana: Manjeshwar.
Native place: Muttath/Cherthala
Punyatithi: Magha Bahula 5, Tuesday.
18. Sri Sumateendra Tirtha
Vrindavana: Aleppy.
Native place: Bayde [reading uncertain].
He belonged to a Vaidika Bhatta family.
Gotra: Bharadvaja.
His name in his purvashrama was Venkatesha Bhatta.
Father's name: Nagendra Bhatta.
Mother's name: Dhatri.
His younger sister: Gauri.
His nephew was Sri Bhuvanendra Tirtha, son of Gauri.
The date on which he attained Vrindavana was Pushya Bahula 30 — 1-2-1851, at daytime ghati 22.19 [the exact traditional time notation should be checked against the original].
His elder brother's name was Krishna Bhatta and younger brother's name was Janardhana Bhatta.
In Hevilambi year, Phalguna Bahula 2, he installed a deity at Panemangalore.
In Hevilambi, Ashvija Shukla 5, there was a matter concerning the rights of Vasudhendra Swami, in connection with which the people of the 68 pette were instructed/requested to come to Manjeshwar.
He accepted, by formal deed, the Venkataramana temple at Panambur, which had been built by Sagara Damarsa Pai, on Shalivahana Shaka 1748, Vyaya year, Jyeshtha Bahula 10.
He appointed the same Bhatta to conduct the worship and granted 14 mudis of rice for the purpose.
The record is said to be with that Bhatta.
He established the Kundapura Acharya Matha and brought the image of Lord Venkataramana from Basrur, installing it there.
19. Sri Bhuvanendra Tirtha
Vrindavana: Basrur.
Native place: Palliparatte/Pallipuram
The name given for his family/parents is Narasimha Kamath [the Kannada phrase is difficult and may mean his father's/family name].
He was born in Shalivahana Shaka 1759, at Manjeshwar, under the Shravana nakshatra.
He entered Vrindavana in Shalivahana Shaka 1808, Vyaya year, Margashira Shukla 9.
[The following passage is somewhat corrupted:] At the time of entering the ashrama he was 13 years old; seven days after he entered the ashrama, his guru attained samadhi.
At Alapale in 1865, in Rakshasa year, Phalguna, Sri Bhuvanendra Tirtha met Purnaprajna Tirtha of Gokarna Matha at Manjeshwar.
In 1884, Tarana year, at Bilagi, there was a meeting involving Padmanabha Tirtha, Sri Bhuvanendra Tirtha and Sri Varadendra Tirtha.
Sri Bhuvanendra Tirtha and Sri Varadendra Tirtha also met the Swami of Kavale Matha at Khanapur.
At Kashi, he constructed/raised a Vidyamantapa.
He arranged for scholars and Vaidikas of his own community to perform the Shodasha-karmas according to the appropriate ritual procedure.
He established a yantra at Manjeshwar.
20. Sri Varadendra Tirtha
Father's name: Ananta Mhāle.
Mother's name: Gangabai.
Purvashrama name: Giri Mhāle.
Born in Shalivahana Shaka 1787, Krodhana year, Ashvija Bahula 4, Sunday night, ghati 9, under Rohini nakshatra, at Cochin.
He entered the ashrama at Manjeshwar, in Dhatu year, Jyeshtha Shukla 10 (6-6-1876).
He attained samadhi in Shalivahana Shaka 1836, Ananda year, Ashadha Shukla 2, Thursday (24-6-1914), at the Abhijit Muhurta, at the Bombay Walkeshwar Matha.
At Udupi, in Shalivahana Shaka 1818, Durmukhi year, Vaishakha Bahula 2, Wednesday, in Mithuna Lagna, he installed Sri Venkataramana Deva.
In Sharvari year, Jyeshtha Shukla Paksha, he installed Sri Krishna Deva in the temple built by Krishna Baliga of Punjalakatte.
21. Sri Sukritindra Tirtha
Grandfather: Vitthala Prabhu.
Father: Subba Prabhu.
Mother: Kaveramma.
Purvashrama name: Srinivasa Prabhu.
Born in Shalivahana Shaka 1818, Durmukhi year, on Chaitra Bahula 8, Sunday, under Purvashadha nakshatra, in Dhanus Rashi, corresponding to 5-4-1896.
At the age of approximately 16 years, 3 months and 27 days, he accepted sannyasa/ashrama in Paridhavi year, Shravana Bahula 4, Saturday, at Tiruchirappalli, on the banks of the Kaveri River, on 31-8-1912.
Udyavara installation/renovation installation:
The renovated installation was performed on 29-3-1936, in Dhatu year, Chaitra Shukla 7, Sunday, at daytime ghati 11-36.
At Vile Parle, Bombay, he installed Ramadeva in 1935.
At Kashi, he performed the re-installation (punah-pratishtha) of Lakshmi Venkatesha Deva on 27-4-1936, Dhatu year, Vaishakha Shukla 6, Monday.
He attained samadhi on 10-7-1949, in Virodhi year, Ashadha Shukla 15, Sunday, at 11:30 p.m., at Cochin.
22. Sri Sudhindra Tirtha
Purvashrama name: Sadashiva.
Father: Ramadas Shenayi.
Gotra: Vatsa.
He was born and entered the ashrama in Shalivahana Shaka 1896, Tarana year, Vrishabha month, Jyeshtha Shukla 2, corresponding to 24-5-1944, Wednesday, at daytime ghati 11, standard time 11:30, in Karkataka Lagna, at the Sri Venkataramana Temple, Mulki.
At that time he received the name Sudhindra Tirtha.
Final note in the manuscript
The above-mentioned guru-parampara, as recorded in the book written by Udupi Raghavendra Acharya, extends up to Sri Sukritindra Tirtha. I have copied it here.
However, it appears that he prepared this succession on the basis of a work called Gurupravaramanjari.
According to the records available in the Matha, the first four Gurus mentioned in that work did not actually exist [in this succession]. It is also apparent from the documents preserved in the Matha that the subsequent succession is not as recorded here either.
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