Sri Krishna Brahmatantra Swatantra Parakala Swamy was the thirty first (31st) acharya (head) of the Sri Vaishnava Parakala Matham in Mysore, Karnataka, India. Before his installation as the head Sri Krishna Brahmatantra Swatantra Parakala Swamy (1839 – 1913 CE) was known as Krishnamacharya. He acquired proficiency in the different branches of knowledge. His inherent talent in composing poems earned him the title ‘Kavisarvabhauma’ at the age of sixteen.
He wrote sixty-seven works, including hagiologies such as Parakala-guru-parampara and Parakala-guru-vijaya. The founder of this matham was Vedanta Desika (1268 – 1370 CE), a contemporary of Sri Vidyaranya. He was a poet, philosopher, thinker, polemist and sage, all rolled into one. Periya Brahmatantra Svatantra Svamin succeeded him. The principal deity worshipped in the matham is Hayagriva, a tradition coming down from Vedanta Desika.
Before taking over as the head, Sri Krishna Brahmatantra Swatantra Parakala Swamy acharya served in the courts at Atmakur, Gedval, Anegundi and Vanaparti.
Some of his important works are – Alankara Manihara, an elaborate work on rhetoric with illustrations glorifying Bhagavan Srinivasa of Tirupati; Uttaranga mahatmya in praise of Bhagavan Ranganatha of Srirangapatna (Mysore); Karttikotsavadipika, a champu kavya; Chapetahati-stuti; Nrsimha Vilasa kavya on the man-lion form of Vishnu; Prapanna Saubhagya-stuti and its commentary; Madangopal Mahatmya of Krishna Bhagavan; Rangaraja vilasa, a champu kavya on Bhagavan Ranganatha; Rameshwara-vijaya, a kavya; Vrittamuktaharastuti, a work on prosody; Srinivasa Vilas Champu, on the legends relating to Bhagavan Srinivasa of Tirupati; the drama Subhadra Parinayam; and a commentary called Rasasvadini on Hamsa-sandesha of Vedanta Desika.