page_title: Nava Brindavana
section_title: Vyasa Theertha
hierarchical_section_title: Nava Brindavana / The Nine saints of Navabrindavana and their holy background / Vyasa Theertha
caption_attribution_description: English: I have clicked this photo during my visit
context_page_description: Navabrundaavana is located at Anegundi, near Hampi, Karnataka, India. It contains the Brundaavanas of nine Hindu Madhva saints, who belong to the Sri Uttaradi Math, Sri Raghavendra Math, Sri Vyasaraja Math and the Sri SriPadaraja mutt and Other Various Prominent Madhwa Mutts. It is located on an island in the Tungabhadra River. The nine saints are
  Shri Padmanabha Tirtha, direct disciple of Jagadguru Shri Madhvacharya
  Shri Kavindra Tirtha
  Shri Vagisha Tirtha
  Shri Raghuvarya Tirtha
  Shri Vyasatirtha
  Shri Sudhindra Tirtha, Guru of Mantralaya Shri Raghavendra Tirtha
  Shri Srinivaasa Tirtha
  Shri Raama Tirtha
  Shri Govinda Vodeyaru
  There are also shrines to Lord Ranganatha and Lord Hanuman inside the premises.
context_section_description: A renowned scholar, Vyasa Theertha or Vyasa Raja was the Raja Guru of six Vijayanagar Emperors, including Krishnadevaraya. He had a large number of disciples including Vadiraja Tirtha.
  He encouraged Purandara Dasa and Kanaka Dasa in penning Haridasa Sahitya. He was the Chancellor of the Vijayanagar University which had 11,000 students.
  He consecrated 732 idols of Hanuman in India. His guru was Brahamanya Theertha of Abbur, while his Vidya Guru was Sripadaraja of Mulabagal.
  Vyasa Raja was the earlier avatar of Raghavendra Swamy. His works are considered to be among the most significant in Madhwa literature.
  Some of his works include Nyayamritam Tarkatandava Tatparya Chandrika.
  He entered Brindavana in 1539 when Achyuta Deva Raya was the Emperor of Vijayanagar.
caption: Vyasaraja Theertha Shrine
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