His brindavana is located at Teerthahalli, Shivamogga district, Karnataka. He had done Sudha mangala twelve times during those times to several scores of students. He was the vidyaguru of several yatis like Vidhyadheesa tirtharu of Krishnapura mutt, Yogindra tirtha of Puttige mutt, Rajendra tirtha. His scholarly knowledge had got Puttige mutt jahageer at Teerthahalli. His disciple Rajendra tirtha left the abode before him so he anointed Yogindra tirtha as the successor to the peeta.

Shri Sudhindra tirtha was the 27th pontiff in the lineage of Shri Puttige mutt, he was born in 1856 (Nala nama samvatsara, Phalguna Shukla Ekadashi, Makha nakshatra) near to the riverbank of Shambhavi, Hejamadi village, he was the 8th child of the couple Ranganatha Bhattaru and Mahalkashmi, his father was a priest(archaka) in the Mahalingeshwara temple of the village, hailing from Bharadwaja gotra , Yaju shaka. His poorvashranama name was GopalaKrishna. As per the tradition after upanayana (sacred thread ceremony) Gopalakrishna was sent to Vidyadheesha tirtha of Krishnapur mutt for education, who trained him and eventually was anointed as pontiff of Puttige mutt, he went onto reign the Vedanta throne for almost eight decades and had completed four paryayas, so the ashta mutt yatis conferred him a title as ‘’Yatikula chakravarthi”. He had renovated the Anateshwara temple and Krishna mutt during his time. It is believed that he has chanted shatkoti(6 crore) times Shri Krishna nama japa. Once HH ShriVidyamanya tirtha said it was due to Shri Sudhindra tirtha ShriKrishna nama initiation done during his poorvasharama fetched him an opportunity to touch and worship Lord Udupi Shri Krishna. HH Vishwesha tirtha of Pejawara mutt after completing whilst being trained under Shri Vidyamanya tirtha he used to offer all the learning of Sudha pata and samarpana to Sudhindra tirtha. HH Sudhindra tirtha lived a long life of 101 years, even during his ripe age and his last day of his presence on this mortal planet, he never lacked zeal in performing daily rituals (nitya anushtana), Shri Krishna nama japa and the services of the Lord Udupi Krishna, left his mortal body on fullmoon day of Phalguna masa 1957 (Durmukhi nama samvatsara, Phalguna Pournami). His brindavana is in Udupi Krishna mutt (near to the ashwata katte) first row, second brindavana.