page_title: Ahobila Matha
section_title: Current Pontiff
hierarchical_section_title: Ahobila Matha / Current Pontiff
caption_attribution_description: English: His Highness 46th Jeeyar Sri Satakopa Sri Ranganatha Yateendra Mahadesikan of AHOBILA MUTT visit to the temple
context_page_description: Sri Ahobila Mutt is a Vadakalai Sri Vaishnava monastery established around 1400 CE at Ahobilam in Andhra Pradesh, India following the Vadakalai tradition of Vedanta Desika. It is attributed to Sri Adivan Satakopa Swami.
  Sri Adhivan Satakopa, a Vadakalai saint, who was a great grand disciple of Vedanta Desika and a sishya of Ghatikasatham Ammal, the scholarly successor of the celebrated Sri Vaishnava stalwart Nadadoor Ammal, founded and established the Matha, based on the Pancharatra tradition.
context_section_description: The current pontiff is the 46th Jeeyar Srimathe Srivan Satakopa Sri Ranganatha Yateendra Mahadesikan. He succeeded the previous pontiff 45th Jeeyar Srimathe Sri Lakshmi Nrsimha Divya Paduka Sevaka Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yateendra Mahadesikan who attained Acharyan Thiruvadi on 19 May 2013 following a prolonged illness.
caption: The 46th Jeeyar Srimathe Srivan Satakopa Sri Ranganatha Yateendra Mahadesikan
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