Sri Rajendra Theertharu (VYASARAJA MUTT)

Sri Rajendra Theertharu was first disciple of Sri Vidyadhiraja Theerthau and their relationship was always very close. There is one story which tells of how the guru parampara divided at that time. Vidyadhiraja Theertharu was extremely sick so he sent word to Sri Rajendra Theertharu to come immediately, but he did not arrive in time. The Guru, feeling his life passing, ordained another disciple to guarantee that he would have a successor. This devotee’s name was Sri Kavindra Theertharu. Some say he called Sri Kavindra Theertharu due to a need for the preaching to spread, but one cannot guess the reasons why - a pure Vaisnava acts only to satisfy the Lord, that much we can ascertain. The line coming from Sri Rajendra Theertharu is now represented by Sri Vyasa Theertharu and Sosale Mutts and that line still continues. The other line (that from Sri Kavindra Theertharu) continued on to Sri Vagisa Theertharu and Sri Ramacandra Theertharu, but at the time of Sri Ramacandra Theertharu there again was some heavy disagreement that apparently nearly stopped the line at that time. Inevitably it caused a split and now those lines come down via his two disciples, Sri Vibudhendra Theertharu of Raghavendra Swami Mutt and Sri Vidyanidhi Theertharu of Uttaradi Mutt. Sri Vidyadhiraja Theertharu passed away at Ergola near Malked.