Gokarna Mutt
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[edit] Introduction
This Mutt is also called as Partagli Jeevothama Mutt and is headquartered in Partagli, a small town in South Goa, on the banks of the river Kushaavati. There is still ongoing research to establish who exactly founded the mutt and when exactly it was founded. As per historic lore it is said that it was initiated by Shri Raghothama Theertharu (Bhavabodharu) of Shri Uttaradi Mutt[1], also it is said that this Mutt was formed after it split away from the Udupi Ashta Mutt initiated by Shimad Ananda Theertharu (Madhwacharya).
The first pontiff of the Mutt was Shri 1008 Shri Narayana Theertha. The deity worshiped by the institution is Shri Raama. This mutt was also a victim of the mindless and fanatic Portuguese Christian missionaries which drove the original establishment from Madgao to Bhatkal in Karwar District in Karnataka. Shri Narayana Theertharu was a great scholar of the Dvaita order and earned the name "Shri Paada Wodayaru", for which he is still known today. During the late 1950s, Shri Dwarakanatha Theertharu established several educational institutions and republished several seminal works.
[edit] Parampare
1) Shri Narayana Theertha
2) Shri Vasudeva Theertha
3) Shri Jeevothama Theertha
4) Shri Purushothama Theertha
5) Shri Anujeevothama Theertha
6) Shri Ramachandra Theertha
7) Shri Digvijaya Ramachandra Theertha
8) Shri Lakshmikantha Theertha
9) Shri Ramaakantha Theertha
10) Shri Kamalakantha Theertha
11) Shri Shrikantha Theertha
12) Shri Bhuvijaya Ramachandra Theertha
13) Shri Ramaanatha Theertha
14) Shri Lakshminaatha Theertha
15) Shri Poornaprajna Theertha
16) Shri Padmanabha Theertha
17) Shri Indirakantha Theertha
18) Shri Kamalanatha Theertha
19) Shri Dwarakanatha Theertha
20) Shri Vidhyadhiraja Theertha
[edit] References
- B.N.K. Sharma, `The History of the Dvaita School of Vedanta and Its Literature', 3rd ed., Motilal Banarsidass, 2000.
- Dr Krishna Kolarakulkarni, Madhva Matagalu, 2nd Edition, Bhagyalakshmi Publishers, Bangalore.
