It is a branch of Udupi Puthige Matha ಪುತ್ತಿಗೆ ಮಠ or Puttige Mutt is a Madhwa Vaishnava monastery. It is one of the Ashta Mathas of Udupi founded by Dvaita philosopher Madhvacharya of Udupi. The first pontiff of Puttige matha was Sri Upendra Tirtha, who was a direct disciple of Sri Madhvacharya, the founder of the Dvaita school of philosophy. The main idols worshipped in the Puttige matha are that of Panduranga (Vittala)which was given to Sri Upendra Tirtha by Sri Madhvacharya. Till date, there have been 29 pontiffs who have headed the matha.The current Swamiji of Puttige matha is Shri Sugunendra Tirtha Swamiji.Kuruvalli puttige mata is on the bank of Tunga River in Thirthahalli. Gowrishankara temple is recently renovated.

Devine place. Serene atmosphere. Visit and be blessed. Good luck.

Nice and Serene place. Feel blessed

Good place. Buildings with very old vernacular architecture. The famous Mata Kannada movie filmed here.

Old nostalgic mutt. Center for religious events like Shraddha n small events.

Not renovated but cool place

A lovely place.. but I felt needed some maintenance..

It is a wonderful place which is present on the Shore of river Tunga and it is one of the part in Thirthahalli

Next to Sode Mutt in the southern portion of the Car Street is Puttige Mutt. The main branch of this Mutt is in the village by name Puttige. The idol of Vithal with Rukmini and Satvabhama gifted to the first pontiff Sri Upendra Tirtha by the Acharya Madhva is worshipped here. The idol has a smiling face with conch in one hand. The other hand with abhaya mudra is placed on the waist. Since other two Mutts also have the idol of Vithala, the idol of this Mutt is known as Upendra Cvithala to distinguish this from the other idols as the one worshipped by the pontiff Upendra tirtha. The 29th swamiji in the lineage sri Sugunendra tirtha is the present pontiff. He was initiated into the order at the age of 13 on the 8th April, 1974.The Guru parampara of this Mutt is as follows:1.Upendra Tirtha2.Kavindra Tirtha3.Hamsendra Tirtha4.Yadavendra Tirtha5.Dharanidhara Tirtha6.Damodara Tirtha7.Raghunatha Tirtha8.Srivatsanka Tirtha9.Gopinatha Tirtha10.Ranganatha Tirtha11.Lokanatha Tirtha12.Ramanatha Tirtha13.Srivallabha Tirtha14.Srinivasa Tirtha15.Srinidhi Tirtha16.Gunanidhi Tirtha17.Anandanidhi tirtha18.Taponidhi Tirtha19.Yadavendra Tirtha20.Kavindra Tirtha21.Raghavendra Tirtha22.Vibudhendra Tirtha23.Surendra Tirtha24.Bhuvanendra Tirtha25.Yogindra Tirtha26.sumatindra Tirtha27.sudhindra Tirtha28.Sujnanendra Tirtha29.sugunendra Tirtha (The present swamiji)Present pontiff is known to be an arc in the field of building Hindu temples across the world like America, Canada, Australia etc.

Kuppalli is the best place to visit. Puttige mata is a place in Thirthahalli which is decaying because of ignorance from its memery...

Oldest temple in Thirthahalli maintain be Udupi puttige mutt.

A holy place of lord vittala and mukhyaprana. Very cool place located at the bank of tunga river.And also the place where the Mata kannada movie shooting was held.

Neatly maintained old temple

Holy mutt

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Good

Very old temple

Good

Good..

Nice

Udupi Sri Padanthi Math

Puthiya Mata