Kavale (Kaivalya) Math
कवळे मठ
Smarta Saraswat matth, Advaita (Smarta)
Kavale, Ponda, Goa
The matth of the Smarta Gaud Saraswat Brahmins (Dakshinatya Saraswats), with about fifteen branches. It is the spiritual head of the Shantadurga and Mangesh saunsthans.
How a family belongs
Hereditary allegiance through the family's Smarta tradition. The matth's site runs a devotee registration form.
What it records
Its devotee registration collects surname, family members, kuladevata and family gotra, to build a database of devotee families. This is the nearest thing in India to a guru-peeth keeping a family register.
Head
Shivananda Saraswati
77th Swami, named by a source dated November 2026
Website
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Sources
Confidence: high. Last checked November 2026. Heads, courts and websites change, so entries are checked again every year.
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