Ahobila Mutt

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Ahobila Mutt (also called Ahobila Matam) is a Vadakalai Sri Vaishnava religious institution established 600 years ago at Ahobilam in India by Athivan Satakopa Svami (originally known as Srinivasacharya).[1][2][3] Athivan Satakopa, a Vadakalai Brahmin,[4] who was a great grand disciple of Vedanta Desika[5][6] and a sishya of Brahmatantra Swatantra Jiyar of Parakala Mutt,[7] founded and established the Muth, based on the Pancharatra tradition.[8][9][10][11]

The Mutt

As per legend, one of the nine Narasimhas of Ahobilam called Lord Malolan jumped into the hands of Srinivasacharya and ordered him to travel the length and breadth of the country. The current pontiff is the 46th Jeeyar Srimathe Srivan Satakopa Sri Ranganatha Yateendra Mahadesikan. He succeeded the previous pontiff 45th Jeeyar Srimathe Sri Lakshmi Nrsimha Divya Paduka Sevaka Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yateendra Mahadesikan who attained Acharyan Thiruvadi on 19 May 2013 following a prolonged illness.

Temples under purview

Sri Ahobila Mutt Lakshmi Narasimha Lakshmi Narayana Temple, Ahobila Mutt Marg, Chembur in Mumbai. The Ahobila Mutt temple in Chembur, Established in 1968, is a preeminent religious center in this northern suburb of Mumbai.

Several other temples such as the Nine(Nava) Narasimha temples of Ahobilam, Veeraraghava temple in Tiruvallur and Valvil Rama temple in the outskirts of Kumbakonam (Pullaboothankudi), are administered by Ahobila Muth. The Mutt also has several branches across India.

Institutions administered

Narasimha temple, Ahobilam (Photo taken in 1875).

The Ahobila Mutt has several religious and educational institutions in India which are:[12]

  1. Sri Ahobila Muth Sanskrit College (Est. 1942)
  2. Sri Ahobila Muth Veda Patashala (Est. 1942)
  3. Sri Ahobila Muth Oriental High School (Est. 1952)
  4. Sri Ahobila Muth Center for Human Resource Development (Est. 2002)
  5. Sri Malolan College of Arts and Science, Madurantakam, (Est. 2009)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Pg.557 The History and Culture of the Indian People: The Delhi sultanate; Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bhāratīya Itihāsa Samiti
  2. ↑ Pg.211 Report on the inscriptions of the Devasthanam collection, with illustrations, Sadhu Subrahmanya Sastry, Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta Sastri, K.P. Bagchi & Co., 1998
  3. ↑ Pg.105 The Temple of Lord Varadaraja, Kanchi: a critical survey of Dr. K. V. Raman's Sri Varadarajaswami Temple, Kanchi
  4. ↑ Pg.36 Hindu and Muslim religious institutions, Andhra Desa, 1300-1600; New Era, 1984
  5. ↑ Pg.18 Śrī Vedānta Deśika - By Mudumby Narasimhachary, Sāhitya Akādemī; ISBN 81-260-1890-9
  6. ↑ Pg.57 The history of the Vijayanagar Empire, Volume 1; M. H. Rāma Sharma, Popular Prakashan, 1978.
  7. ↑ Pg.129 Studies in social history:modern India, O. P. Bhatnagar, India. University Grants Commission, University of Allahabad. Dept. of Modern Indian History; St. Paul's Press Training School, 1964.
  8. ↑ Tirupati Balaji was a Buddhist shrine, Sanjivan Publications, 1991
  9. ↑ Vadakalai Srivaishnava Festivals' Calendar - The source mentions Pancharatra & Munitraya Krishna Jayantis celebrated by Ahobila Mutt & Andavan Ashrams respectively
  10. ↑ Ahobila Mutt's Balaji Mandir Pune, Calendar - The calendar mentions Ahobila Mutt disciples celebrating Krishna Jayanti as "Pancharatra Sri Jayanti".
  11. ↑ Sri Krishna & Janmashtami - Essence of Srivaishnava Practices
  12. ↑ Pg.306 Report of the Sanskrit Commission, 1956-1957; India. Saṃskr̥ta Āyoga- Manager of Publications, 1958

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