Dr Sri Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru ಡಾ।। ಶ್ರೀ ಶಿವಮೂರ್ತಿ ಮುರುಘಾ ಶರಣರು

Dr. Sri Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru is the present pontiff of the Math, Who was coronated in the Holy throne on 31st January, 1991, as successor of Sri Mallikarjuna Murugharajendra Swamiji. Sri Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru was born on 11th April, 1958, in a village called Godabanahal, near Chitradurga. He did his education in Chitradurga and completed his graduation here only from the University of Mysore. His sober, sincere and spiritual attitudes and aptitudes, attracted the attention of Sri Mallikarjuna Murugharajendra Swamiji, who declared him as his successor. Before enthroning him a Shoonya Peetha, Sri Mallikarjuna Murugharajendra Swamiji provided spiritual and social training at different branch Maths, including Sri Murugharajendra Math at Haveri. Which is popularly called Haveri Hosamath.