Ahobila Matha

The Ahobila Matam is a Vadakalai Sri Vaishnava monastery established around 1400 CE at Ahobilam in Andhra Pradesh, India following the Vadakalai tradition of Vedanta Desika.^[1] It is attributed to Sri Adivan Satakopa Swami (originally known as Srinivasacharya).^[2][3][4]

Sri Adhivan Satakopa, a Vadakalai saint,^[5] who was a great grand disciple of Vedanta Desika^[6][7] and a sishya of Ghatikasatham Ammal, the scholarly successor of the celebrated Sri Vaishnava stalwart Nadadoor Ammal,^[8] founded and established the Matha, based on the Pancharatra tradition.^{[9][10][11][12]}