Sukrathindra Thirta (26 March 1897 – 10 July 1949), also referred to as Shri Sukrathindra Thirtha Swamiji, was the legal and spiritual head (

mathadipathi A ''matha'' (; sa, मठ, ), also written as ''math'', ''muth'', ''mutth'', ''mutt'', or ''mut'', is a Sanskrit word that means 'institute or college', and it also refers to a monastery in Hinduism.

) of the

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and the nineteenth successive person called the swamiji of guru parampara.

Kashi Math

Sukrathindra Thirtha took the charge of

in 1914 after the

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of his guru, Varadendra Thirtha, in Walkeshwar,

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. As per the tradition of the math, to continue the guruparampara, on 24 May 1944, he initiated a vatu into sanyasa to be the 20th, and called him Sudhindra Thirtha.

Vrindavan Sweekar

Sukrathindra Thirtha attained Vrindavan 10 July 1949 at Cochin Thirumala Devaswom Temple,

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Dahisar Sri Kashi Math
{{DEFAULTSORT:Swamiji, Shri Sukrathindra Thirtha 1897 births 1949 deaths Indian Hindus People from Kerala