Pratah SmaranIya

Sri Vidyamanya tIrtha

(1925-2000)

---------------------shrI Vishvesha tIrtha ShreepAdaru,

              Pejawara Matha, Udupi

Sri  Sri Vidyamanya tIrtha is the most venerable Guru of our times true to his name Sri Vidyamanya. His holiness has earned this status due to the erudite scholarship and depth of knowledge in all lores of spiritual value. Ordained in the fourth order Chaturthashrama at a tender age, he has embellished the Bhandarkeri Peetha for years nearing four score being sensitively alive to the responsibilities it entails. He did his higher Shastrabhyasa under Sri Sri SathyadhyanatIrtha Swamiji of Uttaradi Matha.Vidyamanya tIrtha has the proud privilege of three turns of Paryaya.Sri Sri Vishvesha tIrtha Swamiji of Sri Pejawara Matha, Udupi is his greatest gift to the land of his birth. Sri Vidyamanya tIrtha is the most forthright and scholarly preacher of spiritual message of our Shastras. His clarity of  expressions, rigor of Logic, depth of analysis,frankness of expression of his views are unparalleled.