Devotional

INTRODUCTION Vyasatirtha (From 1460 to 1539), also called Vyasaraja, was a great eminent and an able Madhva scholar and poet belonging to the Dvaita tradition. He was the patron saint of the Great Vijayanagara Empire. During his period, great religious developments were took place under the assistance of his divine disciples Purandara Dasa and Kanaka Dasa. BIRTH AND EDUCATION He was born into a Brahmin family and named as Yatiraja. Sree Bramhanya Tirtha, the pontiff of the matha at Abbur, taught him the vedic education and philosophy of Madhwa. He studied at kancipuram and again was taug..