He was the disciple of Raghuttama Tirtha, and is the most celebrated name in the annals of the Dvaita Vedanta.
He is a Bidi-Sanyasi (stray ascetic) and not pontiff of any matha (monastery).
[1] Vedesa was born in 1570 CE in a pious Kannada-speaking Deshastha Brahmin family in present day North Karnataka region.
He died in 1620 and his tomb is enshrined in Manur in present day North Karnataka, where he studied all shastras under Raghuttama Tirtha Mahaswamiji.
[1][3][4][5][6] His tomb is at Manur on the bank of Bhima river, which was a center of learning right from the days of predecessors of Raghuttama Tirtha himself.