Satyatma Tirtha

Satyatma Tirtha (officially known as Shrī 1008 Shrī Satyātma Tīrtha Swāmīji) is the present pontiff of Uttaradi Matha, a math (mutt) dedicated to Dvaita philosophy, which has a large following in southern India. He is the 42nd pontiff of Uttaradi Matha since Madhvacharya, the chief proponent and the one who rejuvenated this Dvaita philosophy.

He was born to Pandit Rangāchārya Guttal and K.S. Rukmābāi in Mumbai on 8 March 1973 and named as Sarvajñāchārya. Pandit Rangacharya is the pūrvāshrama (previous to sannyāsa order) son of Shri Satyapramoda Tīrtha Swamiji.

Sarvajñāchārya became a sannyasi at the age of 23, directly from brahmacharya at Raghūttama Tīrtha Brundāvana, Tirukoilur (in Tamil Nadu) in the presence of Shri Satyapramoda Tīrtha Swamiji on 24 April 1996 and was renamed as Satyātma Tīrtha. He is also known as Abhinava Raghūttama Tīrtharu since he received sannyasa directly from brahmacharya. Shri Satyātma Tīrtha Swamiji is the second peethadipati of Uttaradi Math who is a brahmachāri.

Shri Satyatma Tirtha, through Uttaradi Math, encouraged water harvesting and management expert, the waterman of India and Ramon Magsaysay Award winner Rajendra Singh to give lecture on water conservation and other topics. Through Uttaradi Math and jointly with Vishwa Madhva Maha Parishat, he is instrumental in helping needy students every year to the tune of Rs.5.00 lakhs (About US$ 10,000).

Flood relief

He has supplied relief materials to flood victims of Bellary, Bijapur, Raichur and Bagalkot districts during 2009 floods and also took measures to construct 100 low cost houses to those who lost houses in the flood. He has also adopted a rural village in Raichur, Karnataka for integrated development of the village. He is reportedly trying to redefine the role of religious 'math' in modern day society, so that present day 'math' should try to get rid of evils of modern society.

His spiritual discourses (pravachana) attract large gatherings, mainly from followers of Madhvacharya and he specialises in talks on Vedic subjects. He has given spiritual discourses at several places like Bangalore, Gulbarga, Malakhed, Udupi, Rajahmundry, Hyderabad (India), Pune, Raichur, Dharwad and Chennai. He has also conducted personality development programmes and has written several books on topics like personality development, religion and philosophy. Satyatma Tirtha, as the present head of Uttaradi Matha, has also encouraged other authors to write books on religious experiences.