Vyāsatīrtha, also called Vyasaraja or Chandrikacharya, was a Hindu philosopher, scholar, polemicist, commentator and poet belonging to the Madhwacharya's Dvaita order of Vedanta. As the rajaguru of Vi
Vyasatirtha served as the head priest at the Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala.
Vyasatirtha maintained cordial relationships with the royalty, especially Krishnadevaraya, who considered Vyasatirtha as his guru.
In his later years Vyasatirtha donated a Narasimha idol to the Vittala Temple.
The tomb or Brindavana of Vyasatirtha in Anegundi
Kanaka Dasa also known as Daasashreshta Kanakadasa, was a Haridasa saint and philosopher of Dvaita Vedanta, from present-day Karnataka, India. He was a follower of Madhvacharya's Dvaita philosophy and
Vyasatirtha
…of a golden age in Dvaita which saw new developments in dialectical thought, growth of the Haridasa literature under bards like Purandara Dasa and Kanaka Dasa and an increased spread of Dvaita across the subcontinent. He himself composed many kīrtanas in Kannada and Sanskrit. Three of his polemically themed…
Bronze statue of Kanaka Dasa at Badaa Bankapur.
Indian Postal Stamp honouring Sri Kanakadasa