gurus birth_place |name philosophy article_title birth_name
madhvacharya pājaka , udupi , karnataka , india vishnu tirtha tattvavāda vishnu tirtha
 subhaktimana
vishnu tirtha

vishnu tirtha -lrb- subhaktimana -rrb- was a scholar of the dvaita school of vedanta philosophy and the founder of the monasteries at sodhe and subramanya .
he left his home after his parents died to join the order of brahma sampradaya .
he was initiated into the order by his older brother madhvacharya -lrb- 1238 -- 1317 ce -rrb- , the founder of the dvaita school .
subhaktimana was rechristened vishnu tirtha after the initiation .
he was succeeded by aniruddha tirtha at the subramanya monastery .
he also had an elder sister .
