Adamaru, Adamaar, or Admaris a village in the Udupi district of the state of Karnataka, India. The village houses one of the Ashta Mathas known as Adamaru Matha founded by Shri Madhvacharya, the Dvaita philosopher. The village can be reached by taking a left turn at Yermal near Kaup town on the Udupi-Mangalore route on National Highway 66 while traveling from Mangalore to Udupi. There is a pre-university ( junior) college at Adamaru run by the Adamaru Matha Education Council.
Jagadguru Sri Madhwacharya, who preached Tatvavada also installed the Krishna idol in Udupi and appointed 8 saints to worship Sri Krishna on a Cooperation basis (Paryaya). These saints continued their linage & became the moola purusha of 8 different mutts called Ashta mutts.
Sri Madhwacharya initiated Sri Narasimha Theertha to sanyasa to worship Sri Krishna & gave Kaleeyamardhana Krishna with four arms. Sri Narasimha Theertha continued his lineage & it is known as Adamaru mutt. Sri Narasimha Theertha is the first pontiff / moola purusha of this mutt.
Adamaru Mutt is located in the southwest corner of car Street. The main branch of this Mutt is in the village known as Adamaru.
Below is a brief description of the saints of Adamaru mutt guru parampare.
- Sri Narasimha Theertha
- Sri Kamalekshana Theertha
- Sri Ramachandra Theertha
- Sri Vidyadheesha Theertha
- Sri Vidyapati Theertha
- Sri Viswesha Theertha
- Sri Vedanidhi Theertha
- Sri Vedaraja Theertha
- Sri Vidyamurthy Theertha
- Sri Vaikuntharaja Theertha
- Sri Viswaraja Theertha
- Sri Vedagarbha Theertha
- Sri Hiranyagarbha Theertha
- Sri Viswadheesha Theertha
- Sri Viswavallabha Theertha
- Sri Viswendra Theertha
- Sri Vedapati Theertha
- Sri Vadeendra Theertha
- Sri Vidyapati Theertha
- Sri Vibudhapati Theertha
- Sri Vedavallabha Theertha
- Sri Vedavandya Theertha
- Sri Vidyesha Theertha
- Sri Vibudhavallabha Theertha
- Sri Vibudhavandya Theertha
- Sri Vibudhavarya Theertha
- Sri Vibudhendra Theertha
- Sri Vibudhadhiraja Theertha
- Sri Vibudhapriya Theertha
- Sri Vibudhamanya Theertha
- Sri Vibudhesha Theertha
- Sri Vishwapriya Theertha (present pontiff)