Puthige Matha (Kannada: ಪುತ್ತಿಗೆ ಮಠ) or Puttige Mutt in some records and literature is a Madhwa Vaishnava monastery.
[1] The first pontiff of Puttige matha was Sri Upendra Tirtha,[2] who was a direct disciple of Sri Madhvacharya, the founder of the Dvaita school of philosophy.
The main idols worshipped in the Puttige matha are that of Panduranga (Vittala),[3] which was given to Sri Upendra Tirtha by Sri Madhvacharya.
Till date, there have been 29 pontiffs who have headed the matha.
The current Swamiji of the matha is Shri Sugunendra Tirtha Swamiji[4] 215 May Street Edison, NJ 08837 United States 615 S Beck Ave Tempe, AZ 85281 United States 2770, Borchar Road Thousand Oaks, New Bury Park Los Angeles, CA 91320 United States 10223 #A Synott Rd Sugar Land, TX 77498 United States 43, Sunol Street San Jose, CA 95126 United States Shri Krishna Vrundavana, Atlanta 4946, Shiloh Road Cumming, GA 30040 United States 3005 Islington Ave E North York, ON M9L 2K9 North York, ON 000000 Canada 241 Poath Road Murrumbeena VIC 3163 Australia 58, Toongabbie Road Toongabbie NSW 2146 Australia 36 Wembley Station Grove London