For the town in France, see Matha, Charente-Maritime.

A maţha (also written matha and mutt) is a term for monastic and similar religious establishments of the Hindu religion. A maţha is usually more formal, hierarchical, and rule-based than an ashram. The oldest such institutions follow the Advaita tradition, where the head of a maţha is often called a Shankaracharya, a title derived from Ādi Śankara.

Important establishments include the four Āmnāya maţhas:

• Śringeri Śāradā Pīţham, at Sringeri, Karnataka
• Dwaraka Pītham, at Dwaraka, Gujarat
• Govardhana matha, at Puri, Orissa
• Jyotirmath, in Uttaranchal

Other Hindu religious traditions also have their own mathas, such as,

• Sri Krishna Matha (Ashta Matha-s), in Udipi - Madhva tradition
• Uttarādi Matha - Madhva tradition
• Andavan Ashramam - Sri Vaishnava tradition
• Ahobila Matha - Sri Vaishnava tradition
• Kanchi matha, in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu - Advaita tradition.
• Kashi Mutt - Vaishnava tradition of Goud Saraswat Brahmins
• Chitrapur Matha - Advaita tradition of Goud Saraswat Brahmins