Before 15th Century
| 1500BC |
The river saraswathi from where Gowda
Saraswaths originated dried up. This river now extinct was between the river
Yamuna and the Sutlej. |
| 700 BC |
Upanishadic Era |
| About 740 |
Swami Vivarananda founded Kaivalya
Mutt Samsthan at Kaushasthali near Keloshi (Goa). The worshipped deity of this
samsthan is Shri Bhavani Shankar. Swami Vivarananda was a disciple of Govinda
Bhagavathpaada who also initiated Adi Shankaracharya to sanyas on the banks of river
Narmada. |
| 1238 |
Shri Madhvacharya (Dvaitha Siddhantha
philosopher) born |
| 13th Century |
Madhvacharya visited Gomanthak |
| 1277 |
Soira Vittal Bhat (an astrologer
) founded Shri Venkatramana Temple at Mulki |
| 1293 |
Madhvacharya visited Manjeshwar Temple |
| 14th Century |
Soma Sharma went to Karkal and (with
the help of Soira Prabhu) founded Shri Venkatramana Temple by installing the idol brought
by him from Tirupathi |
| 1318 |
Madhvacharya passed away. |
| 15th Century |
Division of Uttaraadi Mutt and
foundation of Kumbhakonam Mutt |
| 1453 |
Shri Parasurama Damodara Temple
founded at Bhatkal |
15th Century
| 1510 |
Shri Kaathyaayini-Baaneshwar temple
founded at Aversaa (Ankola, Karnataka) |
| 25-4-1537 |
Shri Venkatramana Temple at Karkal
renovated by installing the new idol |
| 1538 |
Narasimha Temple founded at Bhatkal by
Narasa Kini |
| 1539 |
Shri Vijayeendra Tirtha of Kumbhakonam
Mutt Samsthan observed Chaturmasya Vrita in Kochi. Vijayeendra Tirtha persuaded to
initiate a saraswath boy to sanyasa. Vijayeendra agreed and the Vatu selected taken to
Varanasi for education and initiated to sanyasa by name Yaadavendra (Hence became the
first pontiff of Kashi Mutt) . |
| 1542 |
Foundation of Kashi Mutt Samsthan. The
worshipped deity of this samsthan is Shri Vedavyasa |
| 21-1-1542 |
Copper plate and Raayasa-pathram
issued to Yaadavendra Tirtha by Surendra Thirtha (Guru of Vijayeendra Tirtha) |
| 3-2-1542 |
Raayasa-pathram issued by Surendra
Thirtha (Guru of Vijayeendra Tirtha) to Gowda Saraswath Brahmin community |
| 1545 / 46 |
Narayana Temple founded at Bhatkal by
Kheth Pai |
| 1550 |
Lakshmi Narayana Temple founded at
Bhatkal by Lakkarasa Kamthi |
| 1555 |
Tirumala Temple founded at Bhatkal by
Santappa Nayaka |
| 1560 |
Portuguese atrocities started in Goa |
| 1564 |
Kaivalya Mutt Samsthan at Kushasthali
destroyed by Portuguese. Decision to shift temples from Saashati province (Goa) to other
place taken |
| 1565 |
Virupaksha Narayana Temple founded at
Bhatkal by Jeevana Nayaka. |
| 1567 |
Hindu temples demolished in Goa. |
| 23-11-1569 |
Shri Vijayeendra Tirtha of Kumbhakonam
Mutt installed the idol of Ugra-Narasimha at Shri Venkatramana Temple, Mulki on the
day of Datta-Jayanthi. Later Maadhavendra Tirtha (7th pontiff, Kashi Mutt) in
18th Century installed the idol of Bindu-Maadhava (the procession deity). |
| 1583 |
Rama Bhat (later Keshavendra
Tirtha- second pontiff Kashi Mutt Samsthan) born |
| 1590 |
Raghunath Temple founded at Bhatkal by
Bala Kini |
| 30-3-1599 |
Sudhindra Tirtha of Kumbhakonam Mutt
installed the idol in Kochi Tirumala Devasvom |
16th Century
| 17th Century |
Venkatesh Bhat founded Shri
Venkatramana Temple at Katapadi by installing the idol of Venkatramana Swamy sahitha
Sridevi-Bhudevi along with idol of Shri Anantha Shayana Swamy as uthsavmoorthy given by
Upendra Tirtha (third pontiff, Kashi Mutt). |
| 1603 |
Shri Venkatesha Temple founded in
Honnavar |
| 12-5-1606 |
Jog Mallya s/o Bhatkal Anantha
Mallya donated Shri Tirumala Temple in Bhatkal to Yadavendra Tirtha(first pontiff, Kashi
Mutt) |
| 22-6-1608 |
Yaadavendra Tirtha (first pontiff,
Kashi Mutt) passed away at Bhatkal |
| 1629 |
Hanumantha Bhat (later Yaadavendra
Tirtha II - 4th pontiff, Kashi Mutt) born |
| 1646 |
Narayana Bhat (later Raghavendra
Tirtha 5th pontiff, Kashi Mutt and shishya of Upendra Tirtha - 3rd
pontiff, Kashi Mutt) born |
| 27-2-1670 |
Keshavendra Tirtha (2nd
pontiff, Kashi Mutt) passed away at Basrur |
| Sep 1670 |
Somashekara Nayak I of Keladi (a
kingdom which once stretched along the entire seacoast from Goa to Malabar was founded by
Chowdappa Nayaka in 1499AD in Malnad area of Karnataka) endowed land at Bangar (this
place was on the upper portion of Mangalore) and Manchi (near Puttur taluk of South Kanara
district) for the performance of Brahmana Santarpane (i.e. Brahmana
Bhojana feeding devotees free of cost) and Nandaa deepthi at Manjeshwar Temple |
| 1674 |
Raghavendra Tirtha (5th
pontiff, Kashi Mutt) established Kashi Mutt at Manjeshwar |
| 24-10-1674 |
Upendra Tirtha (3rd
pontiff, Kashi Mutt and 1st shishya of Keshavendra Tirtha - 2nd
pontiff, Kashi Mutt) passed away in Varanasi |
| 1685 |
Queen Chennamaji (w/o Somashekara
Nayak I ) who ruled Keladi for 25 years from 1671 to 1696 endowed the government income
procured via the collection of tax at the ports of Manjeshwar and Kumbla for the
performance of Brahmana Santarpane (i.e. Brahmana Bhojana feeding devotees free of
cost), Rathothsavam and Nandaa deepthi at Manjeshwar Temple. This tax income
was 800 varaha gold coins (one varaha is number equivalent to 4 rupees so the tax income
at the Manjeshwar and Kumbla ports was 3600 rupees at that time) |
| 1699 |
Shri Venkatramana Temple at Karkal
renovated for the second time |
17th Century
| 1703 |
Kodagas looted Shri Maha Maya Temple
(Kuladevatha of family of Impersonators of holy Oracle - MANJESHWAR DEVDARSHAN - at
Manjeshwar) in Mangalore |
| 15-9-1711 |
Yaadavendra Tirtha II(4th
pontiff, Kashi Mutt and 2nd shishya of Keshavendra Tirtha - 2nd
pontiff, Kashi Mutt) passed away in Hemmady |
| 1719 |
Devendra Tirtha (6th
pontiff, Kashi Mutt) and Maadhavendra Tirtha (7th pontiff, Kashi Mutt)
conducted renovation-reinstallation ceremony at Kochi Tirumala Devaswom |
| 15-2-1725 |
Raghavendra Tirtha (5th
pontiff, Kashi Mutt and shishya of Upendra Tirtha - 3rd pontiff, Kashi Mutt)
passed away in Varanasi |
| 1727 |
Tirumala Devasvom founded at Ernakulam |
| 21-9-1734 |
A sanad (letter of authority by which
one gets the right to travel with paraphernalia in a particular kingdom and due care to be
taken thereof by the administrative officers of the kingdom for ensuring safety of
travel and stay) issued to Devendra Tirtha (6th pontiff, Kashi Mutt) by
Somashekara Nayaka II of Keladi |
| 1742 |
Maadhavendra Tirtha (7th
pontiff, Kashi Mutt) installed the idol in Shri Varadaraja Venkatramana Temple at Gurpur,
South Kanara |
| 1755 |
Ali Sultan of Arakkal House, Cannanore
(Kerala) along with Tulagee Angria (s/o Conaajee Angria) from Maharashtra looted
Manjeshwar temple in January 1755 by bringing their army in ships. However, the planned
proceedings about this attack leaked in advance little early as December 1754. Hence on 14th
day of Dark Fortnight (i.e Krishna Paksha or Bahula) of Maargashira the majority of
movable valuables was concealed to safer place. However, these attackers still carried
away the remaining valuables. |
| 1763 |
Tirumala Devasvom founded at Shertalli |
| 10-3-1773 |
Yaadavendra Tirtha III (9th
pontiff, Kashi Mutt and second shishya of Maadhavendra Tirtha - 7th
pontiff, Kashi Mutt) passed away prematurely at Honnavar when his guru Maadhavendra
Tirtha was still alive. Similarly, Jnanendra Tirtha (8th pontiff, Kashi Mutt
and first shishya of Maadhavendra Tirtha - 7th pontiff, Kashi Mutt) also
had passed away prematurely at Naasik somewhere between 1746 and 1773. These incidents
finally resulted initiation of third shishya, Upendra Tirtha II (10th pontiff,
KashiMutt) |
| 1-8-1775 |
Maadhavendra Tirtha (7th
pontiff, Kashi Mutt) entered Jeevantha Samadhi at Walkeshwar, Mumbai |
| 4-1-1778 |
Sureendra Tirtha (12th
pontiff, Kashi Mutt and first shishya of Rajendra Tirtha - 11th pontiff, Kashi
Mutt) born. The details of Vishnu Tirtha (13th pontiff, Kashi Mutt and second
shishya of Rajendra Tirtha - 11th pontiff, Kashi Mutt) are not much available
except that he attained Jala Samadhi at Banaras |
| 21-3-1782 |
Vibhudendra Tirtha (14th
pontiff, Kashi Mutt) born |
| 2-12-1791 |
Upendra Tirtha II (10th
pontiff, Kashi Mutt) passed away in Varanasi |
| 1794 |
Narasimha Domba Hegde (Raja of Vittal,
South Kanara who led the plundering of Manjeshwar Temple in 1799) fled to Tellicherri
(Kerala) and joined hands with British to overcome his enemy Tippu Sultan |
| 29-10-1798 |
Sumatheendra Tirtha (14th
pontiff, Kashi Mutt) born |
| 1799 |
As soon as the 4th Mysore
war broke, which resulted in the demise of
Tippu Sultan around noon of 4th May 1799, Narasimha Domba Hegde, Raja of
Vittal (South Kanara) who was till then Tellicherry with British returned to his place and
soon looted Manjeshwar Temple over the issue of swaasthi (emoluments) not being paid
due to successive transfer of ownership of land at Kendragaya from him to Manjeshwar
temple. This attack caused devastating losses including breaking up of Brahma-Ratha. |
| 30-5-1799 |
Rajendra Tirtha (11th
pontiff, Kashi Mutt) passed away at Thuravoor, Kerala. Samadhi at Shri Narasimha
Temple, Thuravoor |
18th Century
| 1801 |
Francis Buchanan
(15.2.1762 15.6.1829), later known as Francis Hamilton, employed by Richard Colley
Wellesley (1760-1842), then governor-general of India from 1797-1805 appointed by
East India Company, for the purpose of examining the state of the country, visited
Manjeshwar. While speaking of the Konkanies of Manjeshwar
(by characterising them as those migrated from Goa due to atrocities by Portuguese), he
claimed that They are in flourishing circumstances, and I saw some of their marriage
processions passing to-day, attended by a number of exceedingly well-dressed people and
very handsome girls. This is revealed in his book - A Journey from Madras Through
the Countries of Mysore, Canara, and Malabar, for the Express Purpose of Investigating the
State of Agriculture, Arts and Commerce, the Religion, Manners, and Customs : The History,
Natural, Civil and Antiquities - first published in 1807 by T. Cadell and W. Davies,
London. |
| 1804 |
Vibhudendra Tirtha (14th
pontiff, Kashi Mutt) re-installed the idol of Shri Bhadra Narasimha at Manjeshwar temple.
This was re-installation with considerable effort but not installation, as the idol was
taken out to safer places (first to Kundadka, near Paane Mangalore, Bantwal Taluk and then
to Karkal) in anticipation of the attacks by Narasimha Domba Hegde in 1799. |
| 1804 |
The idol of Veera
Venkatesha installed on Rakthaakshi Samvatsara Jyeshta Shuddha Trayodashi in Mangalore
Temple by Vibhudendra Tirtha (14th pontiff, Kashi Mutt). Click here for more
details. |
| 15-3-1855 |
Sumatheendra Tirtha (15th
pontiff, Kashi Mutt) initiated to Sanyasa |
| 20-5-1855 |
Sureendra Tirtha (12th
pontiff, Kashi Mutt) installed the idol in Shri Venkatramana Temple at Kundapur |
| 6-6-1831 |
Sureendra Tirtha (12th
pontiff, Kashi Mutt) passed away at Alleppey, Kerala at the age of 53. |
| 1833 |
One Abbayya (perhaps Bhat
and hailed from Kundapur) initiated to sanyasa at Manjeshwar and renamed as
Vasudendra Tirtha (16th pontiff of Kashi Mutt). This is the first of the two
sanyasa deeksha ceremonies of Kashi Mutt consecrated at Manjeshwar. In or about 1833
when Vibhudendra Tirtha (14th pontiff, Kashi Mutt) was camping at Manjeshwar
the swamiji felt that his end was nearing and immediately sent for his shishya
Sumatheendra Tirtha (15th pontiff, Kashi Mutt) who was then at Kochi. However
Sumatheendra Tirtha could not come to Manjeshwar which finally resulted initiation
of Vasudendra Tirtha as the second shishya of Vibhudendra Tirtha (14th
pontiff, Kashi Mutt) who eventually succeeded as the 16th pontiff of
Kashi Mutt . |
| 27-3-1834 |
Vibhudendra Tirtha (14th
pontiff, Kashi Mutt) passed away at Manjeshwar at the age of 52. |
| Nov/Dec 1834 |
First Brahma -
Rathothsavam (Car-festival) of the newly built Ratha at Manjeshwar. The construction of
this Ratha (which is the one existing today and hence the wood used is indeed over 200
years old) though started around 1800 took about 34 years to complete. Mention must
be made to definitely to note with dejection that the life span of Vibhudendra Tirtha (14th
pontiff, Kashi Mutt - who along with the community, led the renovation work of Manjeshwar
temple soon after it was plundered by Narasimha Domba Hegde, Raja of Vittal, South Kanara
in 1799) could not make it up to officiate this particular Shashti Ceremony of this newly
built Brahma Rath. It was carried out by the hands of Sumatheendra Tirtha (15th
pontiff, Kashi Mutt) on Margashira Shuddha Shashti. |
| 1837 |
Bhuvanendra Tirtha (17th
pontiff, Kashi Mutt) born in Kamath family |
| 1849 |
Bhuvanendra Tirtha (17th
pontiff, Kashi Mutt) initiated to Sanyasa |
| 31-3-1851 |
Sumatheendra Tirtha (15th
pontiff, Kashi Mutt and first shishya of Vibhudendra Tirtha-14th pontiff, Kashi
Mutt) passed away at Alleppey, Kerala. His shishya, Bhuvanendra Tirtha (17th
pontiff, Kashi Mutt) was still then a minor of age 14 who then recognized Vasudendra
Tirtha (16th pontiff, Kashi Mutt and second shishya of Vibhudendra Tirtha-14th
pontiff, Kashi Mutt) as his guru . |
| 16-5-1859 |
Vasudendendra
Tirtha (16th pontiff, Kashi Mutt) passed away at Manjeshwar. Though
Vasudendendra Tirtha didnt initiate anyone to sanyasa, it was always his desire to have
his Vrindavan (samadhi) by the side of his Gurus Vrindavan. This very same desire was
expressed by him before MANJESHWAR DEVDARSHAN and hence was assured of. Thus he passed
away at Manjeshwar on Vaishaakha Shuddha Poornima day (the last day uthsav of
MANJESHWAR DEVDARSHAN before it was to get reinvoked during succeeding Shashti Ceremony) |
| 18-5-1864 |
Bhuvanendra Tirtha (17th
pontiff, Kashi Mutt) installed the idol in Hosdurg temple |
| 1866 |
Giri Mallya (later,
Varadendra Tirtha - 18th pontiff, Kashi Mutt) born |
| 15-7-1874 |
Bhuvanendra Tirtha (17th
pontiff, Kashi Mutt) reinstalled the idol in Kundapura Temple |
| 10-1-1876 |
Bhuvanendra Tirtha (17th
pontiff, Kashi Mutt) performed Sahasra Kumbhabhishekam at Manjeshwar temple |
| 6-6-1876 |
Giri Mallya initiated to
sanyasa and renamed as Varadendra Tirtha - 18th pontiff , Kashi Mutt) at
Manjeshwar. This is the last of the two sanyasa deeksha ceremonies of Kashi Mutt
consecrated at Manjeshwar |
| 1877 |
Reinstallation at Shri
Venkatrmana Temple, Uppinangady by Purna Prajna Tirtha of Gokarna Mutt. |
| 26-11-1886 |
Bhuvanendra Tirtha (17th
pontiff, Kashi Mutt) passed away at Basrur |
| 1888 |
Varadendra Tirtha (18th
pontiff , Kashi Mutt) installed the idol of Padmavathi at Karkal |
| 26-4-1896 |
Varadendra Tirtha (18th
pontiff , Kashi Mutt) installed the idol Shri Lakshmi Venkatesha at Tenkapet, Udupi
temple. However, the foundation stone was laid by his guru Bhuvanendra Tirtha (17th
pontiff , Kashi Mutt) |
| 7-2-1897 |
Varadendra Tirtha
(18th pontiff , Kashi Mutt) peformed the re-installation ceremony |
| 26-3-1897 |
Srinivasa Prabhu (later
Sukratheendra Tirtha- 19th pontiff , Kashi Mutt) born |
| 27-3-1899 |
Varadendra Tirtha
(18th pontiff , Kashi Mutt) installed the idol of Shri Venkatramana
Temple at Puttur, South Kanara |
| 1912 |
Srinivasa Prabhu initiated
to sanyasa on Shravana Shuddha Chaturthi, Paridhaavi Samvathsara at Trichi
(Tiruchirapalli, Tamilnad) on the banks sacred river Kaveri and renamed as
Sukratheendra Tirtha (19th pontiff , Kashi Mutt) |
| 24-6-1914 |
Varadendra Tirtha
(18th pontiff , Kashi Mutt) passed away at Walkeshwar, Mumbai |
| 5-5-1919 |
Sukratheendra Tirtha (19th
pontiff , Kashi Mutt) re-installed the idol in Shri Venkatramana Temple at Katapadi |
| 10-5-1919 |
Sukratheendra Tirtha (19th
pontiff , Kashi Mutt) re-installed the idol Hosdurg temple. |
| 28-11-1919 |
MANJESHWAR DEVDARSHAN
orders in presence of Sukratheendra Tirtha (19th pontiff , Kashi Mutt) for the
performance of Sahasra Kumbhabhishekam |
| Feb 1920 |
Sukratheendra Tirtha (19th
pontiff, Kashi Mutt) performed Sahasra Kumbhaabhishekam at Manjeshwar temple |
| 31-3-1926 |
Sadashiva Shenoy (later
Sudhindra Tirtha - 20th pontiff , Kashi Mutt) born at Ernakulam, Kerala |
| 10-6-1935 |
Sukratheendra Tirtha installed the idols in Shri
Ramanjaneya Temple at Vile Parle, Mumbai |
| 1936 |
MANJESHWAR DEVDARSHAN
stops on Chaithra Shuddha Poornima day not to get re-invoked till today |
| 14-2-1940 |
Sukratheendra Tirtha
installed the idols in Shri Pattaabhi Ramachandra Temple in Koteshwar |
| 25-2-1942 |
Sukratheendra Tirtha
(19th pontiff, Kashi Mutt) installed the idols of Shri Vitobha, Rukmini
and Satyabhama at Sri Vitobha Temple, Mundkur founded by GSB community led by Lakshman
Kamath. |
| 24-5-1944 |
Sadashiva Shenoy initiated
to sanyasa and renamed as Sudheendra Tirtha (20th pontiff , Kashi Mutt) at
Mulki, South Kanara. |
| 10-7-1949 |
Sukratheendra Tirtha
passed away at Kochi, Kerala. |
| 1-2-1952 |
Sudheendra Tirtha (20th
pontiff , Kashi Mutt) re-installed the idols in Gurupura temple |
| 20-5-1959 |
Sudheendra Tirtha (20th
pontiff , Kashi Mutt) re-installed the idols in Kundapura temple |
| 1977 |
Sudheendra Tirtha (20th
pontiff, Kashi Mutt) performed Sahasra Kumbhabhishekam at Manjeshwar temple |
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