spread all over the country by Jayatirtha and his descendants. In the first quarter of the 17th century, Vidyadhisha Tirtha (16th pontiff of Uttaradi Matha) was able to gain some converts to the Madhva fold, in Bihar, from among the Brahmins of Gaya, who still profess allegiance to Madhva school. Sri Satyanatha Tirtha during his time as the peetadhipathi of Uttarādi mutt visited Gaya and strengthened the hold of the mutt among Gayapalas, who had been converted to Madhvism by his predecessor Vidyadhisha Tirtha. Idols worshipped The Moola Rama and Moola Sita idols worshipped in Uttaradi Matha are "Chaturyuga Murthy's" (the idols has been in worship since Four Yugas). Madhvacharya secured these from Gajapati kings and passed them on to his disciple Padmanabha Tirtha. Along with these the idol of Digvijaya Rama, which Madhvacharya got sculpted for himself, Vamsha Rama idol obtained by Madhava Tirtha and Prasanna Vittala idol obtained by Akshobya Tirtha are also worshipped in the matha. Madhvacharya was presented with 8 Vyasamushtis by Vedavyasa during his return from Badrikashrama. 5 Vyasamushtis out of the 8 Vyasamushtis are in Uttaradi Matha. Quoting about these Vyasamushtis, German Indologist Helmuth von Glasenapp says, "One is at Udupi, One is at Subrahmanyam Mutt, One at Madyatala (Sode Mutt) and the remaining five in the Acharya's Mutt (Uttaradi Mutt)". Purandara Dasa glorified the Moola Rama and Moola Sita idols, the 5 Vyasamushtis and other 28 idols worshipped in Uttaradi Matha in one of his songs "Madhvarayara Devatarcaneya Prasiddha Raghunatharu Poojisuva Sobagu". Sanskrit Scholar V. R. Panchamukhi says, "Sri Sri Satyatmatirtha always worships the auspicious Mula Rama, the Lord of Goddess Lakshmi, always accompanied by Goddess Sīta". Bifurcation of mathas Madhvacharya initiated Padmanabha Tirtha as his successor to the main matha and instructed to spread Tattvavada (Dvaita) outside Tulunadu region, especially in the North Karnataka and Maharashtra regions since Padmanabha Tirtha was from Puntamba (now in Maharashtra). After Padmanabha Tirtha, Narahari Tirtha coninued as the peetadhipathi of the matha and continued to spread Tattvavada in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. After him Madhava Tirtha, Akshobya Tirtha, Jayatirtha and Vidyadhiraja Tirtha occupied the throne of the main matha. As per the traditional accounts, this main matha was divided twice, so we end up with three mathas. They are Uttaradi Math, Vyasaraja Math and Raghavendra Math. Out of these three mathas, Uttaradi Math is the largest. First bifurcation During the times of Vidyadhiraja Tirtha (successor of