Vidyadhiraja Tirtha was a Hindu philosopher, dialectician and the seventh pontiff of Madhvacharya Peetha and served as peetadhipathi from (c. 1388 – c.
[3][4] It was during the time of Vidyadhiraja Tirtha that the first bifurcation of the Madhva Mathas took place.
According to tradition Vidyadhiraja want to ordain Rajendra Tirtha, one of his disciples, to succeed him on the pontifical throne.
But when Vidyadhiraja fell ill and the time came for formally handing over Matha to Rajendra Tirtha, the latter, who was on tour at the critical juncture.
The entire samsthana and all the properties of Vidya mutt were publicly handed over to Shri Kavindra Tirtha in a grand ceremony.