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Sringeri (IAST: Śṛṅgerī) also called Shringeri is a hill town and Taluk headquarters located in Chikkamagaluru district in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is the site of the first maṭha ( Dakshinamnaya Sringeri Sharada Peetham ) established by Adi Shankara , Hindu theologian and exponent of the Advaita Vedanta philosophy.
The Sringeri Sharada Peetham, over its centuries of operations has evolved a structure to manage the monastery, its succession and its branches. [70] Some of the key positions and features include: Jagadguru (lit. "teacher of mankind") is the pontiff, both in spiritual and secular sense.
South Indian. Sri Sharadamba Temple (ಶೃಂಗೇರಿ ಶಾರದಾಂಬೆ) is a famous Hindu temple dedicated to goddess Sharadamba in the holy town of Sringeri in Karnataka, India. The Sharadamba Temple at Sringeri (Shringa giri in Sanskrit) is an 8th-century temple, founded by Sri Adi Shankaracharya. It housed a sandalwood statue of ...
Vidyaranya (IAST: Vidyāraṇya), usually identified with Mādhavācārya, was the jagadguru of the Sringeri Sharada Peetham from ca. 1374–1380 [1][2][3] until 1386 - according to tradition, after ordination at an old age, he took the name of Vidyaranya, and became the Jagadguru of this Matha at Sringeri. [3][4] Madhavacharya is known as the ...
The Sringeri Sharadamba Temple of Toronto (Kannada: ಶೃಂಗೇರಿ ಶಾರದಾಂಬೆ ದೇವಾಲಯ ಟೊರೊಂಟೊ), (Telugu: టొరొంటో శృంగేరి శారదా పీఠం), (Tamil: ஸ்ரிங்கேரி ேகாவில்) is a Hindu temple located in Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Jagadguru Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswami (born as Srinivasa Sastri) (13 November 1917 - 21 September 1989) was the 35th Jagadguru of the Sringeri Sharada Peetham, which has been occupied by an unbroken lineage of gurus stretching back to the Advaitic philosopher Adi Shankaracharya, who established the matha for the propagation of Advaitha Vedanta.
Char Dham. The Char Dham (Hindi: चारधाम, romanized: Cārdhām transl. the four abodes), or the Chatur Dhama (Sanskrit: चतुर्धाम, romanized: Caturdhāma), [1] is a set of four Hindu pilgrimage sites in India, [2] consisting of Badrinath, Dwarka, Puri and Rameswaram. [3][4] Badrinath, Dwarka, and Puri are shrines of ...
To the west of the Sringeri Math temple complex is a temple dedicated to Krishna. This temple is known as the ancestral deity of Shankaracharya. It is mentioned as the kuladevata (ancestral deity) in verse 243 of Shankara's Prabodha Sudhakaram. The temple is under Kalady Devasthanam, in trusteeship of two Namboothiri families who had close ...