Ahobila Matha

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'''Sri Ahobila Mutt''' (also called Sri Ahobila Matam) is a Vadakalai [[Sri Vaishnava]] monastery established around 1400 CE at [[Ahobilam]] in Andhra Pradesh, [[India]] following the Vadakalai tradition of [[Vedanta Desika]].<ref>{{cite book|author=S Rath |title=Aspects of Manuscript Culture in South India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zc0yAQAAQBAJ |year=2012|publisher=BRILL Academic |isbn=978-90-04-22347-9 |pages=246–247 with footnotes }}</ref> It is attributed to Sri Adivan Satakopa Swami (originally known as Srinivasacharya).<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?ei=7fFcTrKHC43PrQfS1K2sDw Pg.557 The History and Culture of the Indian People: The Delhi sultanate; Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bhāratīya Itihāsa Samiti]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=yjwaAAAAYAAJ Pg.211 Report on the inscriptions of the Devasthanam collection, with illustrations, Sadhu Subrahmanya Sastry, Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta Sastri, K.P. Bagchi & Co., 1998]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=T2Q9AAAAIAAJ Pg.105 The Temple of Lord Varadaraja, Kanchi: a critical survey of Dr. K. V. Raman's Sri Varadarajaswami Temple, Kanchi]</ref>

Sri Adhivan Satakopa, a [[Vadakalai]] saint,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=4FA6AAAAMAAJ Pg.36 Hindu and Muslim religious institutions, Andhra Desa, 1300-1600; New Era, 1984]</ref> who was a great grand disciple of ''[[Vedanta Desika]]''<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ruUmSeoWqtEC&pg=PA18&dq=adi+van+ahobila&hl=en&ei=i25fTpHYFc3PrQeq44GfDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CEcQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false Pg.18 Śrī Vedānta Deśika - By Mudumby Narasimhachary, Sāhitya Akādemī] {{ISBN|81-260-1890-9}}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?ei=we9cTtaUNsP3rQfjutW0Dw Pg.57 The history of the Vijayanagar Empire, Volume 1; M. H. Rāma Sharma, Popular Prakashan, 1978.]</ref> and a sishya of ''Ghatikasatham Ammal'', the scholarly successor of the celebrated [[Sri Vaishnava]] stalwart Nadadoor Ammal,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?ei=I_FcTqyqNNHtrQf3zsi9Dw 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.]</ref> founded and established the Matha, based on the [[Pancharātra|Pancharatra]] tradition.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=AFbkAAAAMAAJ&q=pancharatra+ahobila&dq=pancharatra+ahobila&hl=en&ei=skoITur7KYLYmAWZ97W-DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEYQ6AEwBQ Tirupati Balaji was a Buddhist shrine, Sanjivan Publications, 1991]</ref><ref name="Calendar">{{Cite web |url=http://www.trsiyengar.com/id36.shtml |title=Vadakalai Srivaishnava Festivals' Calendar - The source mentions Pancharatra & Munitraya Krishna Jayantis celebrated by Ahobila Matha & Andavan Ashrams respectively |access-date=2011-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003154411/http://www.trsiyengar.com/id36.shtml |archive-date=2011-10-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://sribalajimandirpune.com/utsavam.htm Ahobila Matha's Balaji Mandir Pune, Calendar - The calendar mentions Ahobila Matha disciples celebrating Krishna Jayanti as "Pancharatra Sri Jayanti".] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009094730/http://sribalajimandirpune.com/utsavam.htm |date=2011-10-09 }}</ref><ref name="Srivaishnava Practices">{{Cite web |url=http://www.trsiyengar.com/id121.shtml |title=Sri Krishna & Janmashtami - Essence of Srivaishnava Practices |access-date=2011-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003154405/http://www.trsiyengar.com/id121.shtml |archive-date=2011-10-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==The Matha==
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.

==Current Acharya==
[[File:His Highness 46th Jeeyar Sri Satakopa Sri Ranganatha Yateendra Mahadesikan of AHOBILA MUTT.jpg|thumb|The 46th Jeeyar Srivan Satakopa Sri Ranganatha Yateendra Mahadesikan]]
The current Acharya is the 46th Jeeyar ''Srivan Satakopa Sri Ranganatha Yateendra Mahadesikan''. He succeeded the previous pontiff 45th Jeeyar ''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 ==
Several temples such as the Nine (Nava) Narasimha temples of [[Ahobilam]], [[Thiruevvul|Veeraraghava temple]] in [[Tiruvallur]] and Valvil Rama temple, Aandalakkum ayyan temple in the outskirts of [[Kumbakonam]] (Pullaboothankudi), are administered by Ahobila Matha.

The Matha also has several branches across India.

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

==Institutions administered ==
[[Image:Ahobilam.JPG|thumb|200px|right|Narasimha temple, Ahobilam (Photo taken in 1875).]]
The Ahobila Matha has several religious and educational institutions in India which are:<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?ei=689hTpq5BIPqrQe35bCmCg&ct=result&id=42ZjAAAAMAAJ Pg.306 Report of the Sanskrit Commission, 1956-1957; India. Saṃskr̥ta Āyoga- Manager of Publications, 1958]</ref>

# Sri Ahobila Matha Sanskrit College (Est. 1942)
# Sri Ahobila Matha Veda Patashala (Est. 1942)
# Sri Ahobila Matha Oriental High School (Est. 1952)
# Sri Ahobila Matha Center for Human Resource Development (Est. 2002)
# Sri Malolan College of Arts and Science, Madurantakam, (Est. 2009)

==See also ==
* [[Sri Vaishnavism]]
* [[Ramanuja]]
* [[Ahobilam]]

==References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.ahobilamutt.org Official site of Sri Ahobila Matha]
* [http://www.sriahobilamuttmysore.in/ Ahobila Mutt Mysore (website)]
* [https://www.ahobilamuttchembur.org/ Ahobila Mutt Chembur, Mumbai (website)]

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[[Category:Sri Vaishnavism]]
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