Shrimad Samyamindra Thirtha Swami (born 12 September 1982), also referred to as Shri Samyamindra Thirtha Swamiji, became the head (Mathadipathi) of the Kashi Math on 28 January 2016. He is the 21st successive person called the swamiji of guru parampara.
Early life He was born as Umesh Mallan on 12 September 1982 to Surendra Mallan, who was a technical officer with the Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory at Kochi, and Nindila. He learned basic shastras from his grandfather Gopalakrishna Mallan. He was a 19-year old second year BCom student when he decided on pursuing sanyasa and submitted his horoscope details to Thirumala Devaswom for the position of patta shishya of Kashi Math without seeking the permission of his parents.
Shishya Sweekar His horoscope had the characteristics (viz. sanyasa yoga and uthama raja yoga) to become a pontiff. This helped Shri Sudhindra Thirtha Swamiji to select him out of 48 horoscopes. Shri Sudhindra Thirtha Swamiji, then Mathadhipati of Shree Kashi Math Samsthan initiated him into Sanyas on the banks of the Holy River Ganga at Haridwar on Jyeshta Shuddha Dashami, 20 June 2002 and was named Shrimath Samyamindra Thirtha Swamiji. The proclamation was put into effect by Shri Sudhindra Thirtha Swamiji on the day of Vyasa Jayanthi (Guru Poornima).
Ritual education The Sudha Mangalotsava of Samyamindra Tirtha was celebrated at Bangalore Shri Kashi Math Samsthan on Madhwa Navami day on 24 January 2010. The ceremony marks the end of a period of training in the tenets of the organisation. (primary source)
Head of Kashi Math Shrimath Sudhindra Thirtha Swamiji, the predecessor of Shrimath Samyamindra Thirtha Swamiji as mathadipathi, attained moksha on 17 January 2016. In accordance with the guru–shishya tradition followed by the math, he had previously initiated Samyamindra as the shishya who would succeed him upon his death and thus Samyamindra became the new mathadipathi. He officially took charge on 28 January 2016 at Vyasashram, Haridwar.
Mokkam and Thrikala Pooja The principal deities of Kashi Math are charaprathishta (“moving installation") idols of Vyasa, Rama and Narasimha, who are also collectively known as the Vyasa Raghupathi Narasimha. Samyamindra Thirtha will be travelling to various cities in India and camping which is called as Mokkam at Temples/Branch Maths. They also offer the daily pujas which is called as Thrikala Pooja. The usual camp duration at each city ranges from 2 days to 10 days except for Chathurmasya Vrutha and Vasanthothsava. During Chathurmasya Vrutha, they will be camping at a single city or place for 4 months and during Vasanthothsava, it will be 45 days.
List of Chathurmasya Vruthas observed The following are the Chathurmasya Vruthas which are observed by Shri Samyamindra Thirtha Swamiji.
NumberSamvatsara NameEnglish YearPlaceTemple/Math 1Chitrabhānu 2002HaridwarSri Vyas Ashram, Shree Kashi Math, Haridwar 2Subhānu 2003MumbaiWalkeshwar Shree Kashi Math, Mumbai 3Tāraṇa2004AmbalameduAmbalamedu Shree Kashi Math, Ambalamedu, Ernakulam 4Pārthiva2005AmbalameduAmbalamedu Shree Kashi Math, Ambalamedu, Ernakulam 5Vyaya2006AmbalameduAmbalamedu Shree Kashi Math, Ambalamedu, Ernakulam 6Sarvajit 2007BangaloreBangalore Shree Kashi Math, Bangalore 7Sarvadhārin 2008BangaloreBangalore Shree Kashi Math, Bangalore 8Virodhin 2009BangaloreBangalore Shree Kashi Math, Bangalore 9Vikṛti 2010HaridwarSri Vyas Ashram, Shree Kashi Math, Haridwar 10Khara2011HemmadyHemmady Shree Kashi Math, Hemmady 11Nandana2012HaridwarSri Vyas Ashram, Shree Kashi Math, Haridwar 12Vijaya2013BangaloreBangalore Shree Kashi Math, Bangalore 13Jaya2014MumbaiWalkeshwar Shree Kashi Math, Mumbai 14Manmatha2015KoteshwaraPattabhi Ramachandra Temple, Koteshwar 15Durmukha2016KanhangadSri Lakshmi Venkatesh Temple, Hosdurg, Kanhangad 16Hevilambi2017 KonchadiKonchadi Shree Kashi Math, Mangalore 17Vilambi2018TirumalaTirumala Shree Kashi Math, Tirumala 18Vikari2019KotaKota Shree Kashi Math, Kota, Karnataka 19Sarvari2020 KonchadiKonchadi Shree Kashi Math, Mangalore 20Plavanama2021KochiGosripuram, Cochin Thirumala Devaswam, Kochi 21Shubhakritu2022MangaloreSri Venkataramana Temple, Car Street, Mangalore 22Śobhakṛta2023BangaloreBangalore Shree Kashi Math, Bangalore 23Krodhi2024MumbaiWalkeshwar Shree Kashi Math, Mumbai 24Viśvāvasu2025KoteshwaraPattabhi Ramachandra Temple, Koteshwar 25Parābhava2026VaranasiVaranasi Shree Kashi Math, Moola Math, Varanasi 26Plavaṅga2027 KonchadiKonchadi Shree Kashi Math, Mangalore
List of Vasanthothsava observed The following are the list of Vasanthothsava which are observed by Shri Samyamindra Thirtha Swamiji.
NumberSamvatsara NameEnglish YearPlaceTemple/Math 1Jaya2014KasargodSree Varadaraja Venkatramana Temple, Kasargod 2Manmatha2015HaridwarSri Vyas Ashram, Shree Kashi Math, Haridwar 3Durmukha2016KarkalaShree Venkataramana Temple, Karkala 4Hevilambi2017KochiGosripuram, Cochin Thirumala Devaswam, Kochi 5Vilambi2018 ChempiShree Lakshmi Venkataramana Temple, Chempi, Udupi 6Vikari2019BhagamandalaBhagamandala Shree Kashi Math, Bhagamandala 7Sarvari2020BasrurBasrur Shree Kashi Math, Basrur 8Plavanama2021HaridwarSri Vyas Ashram, Shree Kashi Math, Haridwar 9Shubhakritu2022Navi MumbaiShree Laxmi Venkatramana Temple, Shri Balaji Mandir, Vashi, Navi Mumbai 10Śobhakṛta2023BelthangadySri Venkataramana Temple, Laila, Belthangady 11Krodhi2024ErnakulamPunjabjapuram, Ernakulam Thirumala Devaswam, Ernakulam 12Viśvāvasu2025HaridwarSri Vyas Ashram, Shree Kashi Math, Haridwar 13Parābhava2026BangaloreShree Venkataramana Devasthana, Shree Ananthanagar, Electronic City, Bengaluru 14Plavaṅga2027KundapuraPete Shri Venkataramana Temple, Kundapura 15Kīlaka2028ShiraliShri Mahaganapati Mahamaya Temple, Shirali
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