Puttige Mutt
Puttige Mutt : 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 Tirtha
2.Kavindra Tirtha
3.Hamsendra Tirtha
4.Yadavendra Tirtha
5.Dharanidhara Tirtha
6.Damodara Tirtha
7.Raghunatha Tirtha
8.Srivatsanka Tirtha
9.Gopinatha Tirtha
10.Ranganatha Tirtha
11.Lokanatha Tirtha
12.Ramanatha Tirtha
13.Srivallabha Tirtha
14.Srinivasa Tirtha
15.Srinidhi Tirtha
16.Gunanidhi Tirtha
17.Anandanidhi tirtha
18.Taponidhi Tirtha
19.Yadavendra Tirtha
20.Kavindra Tirtha
21.Raghavendra Tirtha
22.Vibudhendra Tirtha
23.Surendra Tirtha
24.Bhuvanendra Tirtha
25.Yogindra Tirtha
26.sumatindra Tirtha
27.sudhindra Tirtha
28.Sujnanendra Tirtha
29.sugunendra Tirtha (The present swamiji)
