[1] Most of the information about his life is derived from two hagiographies: one is Gurucarya, a hagiological work on the Pontiffs of the Uttaradi Math and the other one is Satyanidhivilasa by the Srinivasa, a disciple of Satyanidhi Tirtha.

[2][1] Born as Kaulagi Raghunathacharya into pious Deshastha Brahmin family of scholars to Purushothamacharya and Satyabai belonging to Mauna Bhargava Gotra in Puntamba, Maharashtra.

After his death in 1660, his mortal remains were enshrined in the mutt at Nivrutti Sangama.

In 1970s, during construction of Srisailam dam, his mortal remains were shifted to Kurnool by Shri Satyapramoda Tirtha.

[4][5] His disciple Satyanatha Tirtha sets forth the Purvapaksa and Siddhanta views under each adhikarana, and offers criticisms on the former in accordance with the views of his teacher Satyanidhi Tirtha, in his work Abhinava Chandrika.