SHRIMAD JAGADGURU ADI SHANKARACHARYA JI MAHARAJ
Below:PHOTOS OF PRESENT JAGADGURU SHANKARACHARYAS
1) Jagadguru Shankaracharya Shri Swami Swaroopananda Saraswati ji Maharaj of Dwarka Sharada and Badri Jyotish Peetham (at present holding two peethams)
2) Jagadguru Shankaracharya Shri Swami Nishchalananda Saraswati ji Maharaj of Puri Shri Govardhan Peetham
3) Jagadguru Shankaracharya Shri Swami Bharati Teertha ji Maharaj of Sringeri Shri Sharada Peetham
THIS IS THE PHOTO OF SHRIMAD JAGADGURU ADI SHANKARACHARYA JI MAHARAJ WHO WAS BORN IN 507 B.C. AT KALADY (KALATI, KERALA, SOUTH INDIA). SANKARA WAS A NAMBUDIRI BRAHMIN. THE EXISTENCE OF VEDIC SANATAN DHARMA IN INDIA TODAY IS DUE TO SANKARA.
HE WAS BORN TO FATHER SHIVAGURU AND MOTHER ARYAMBA ON VAISHAKHA SHUKLA PANCHAMI. HIS GURU WAS SWAMI GOVINDAPADA ACHARYA.
SANKARA ORGANIZED TEN DEFINITE ORDERS OF SANYASIS UNDER THE NAME 'DASANAMIS' WHO ADD, AT THE END OF THEIR NAMES, ANY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TEN SUFFIXES: SARASWATI, BHARATI, PURI (SRINGERI MUTT); TIRTHA, ASHRAMA (DWARAKA MUTH); GIRI, PARVAT AND SAGAR (JOSHI MUTT); VANA AND ARANYA (GOVERDHAN MATH).
JAGATGURU ADYA SANKARACHARYA ESTABLISHED FOUR AMNAYA PEETHAMS (MUTT, MATH, PEETH, PITH, PEETHA, MATAM, MUTH) AT FOUR DIRECTIONS OF INDIA
1) POORVAMNAYA SHRI GOVARDHAN PEETHAM (RIGVEDA- EASTERN MONASTRY) --- LOCATED AT JAGANNATH PURI, ORISSA. THE FIRST SHANKARACHARYA OF PURI PEETH WAS SWAMI PADMAPADA ACHARYA AND PRESENT SANKARACHARYA IS SWAMI NISCHALANANDA SARASWATHI.
2) PASCHIMAMNAYA SHRI SHARADA PEETHAM (SAMAVEDA-WESTERN MONASTRY)--- LOCATED AT DWARKA, JAMNAGAR, GUJRAT. THE FIRST SHANKARACHARYA OF DWARKA PEETHA WAS SWAMI SURESHWARA ACHARYA (MANDANA MISHRA) AND PRESENT SHANKARACHARYA IS SWAMI SWAROOPANANDA SARASWATI.
3) UTTARAMNAYA SHRI JYOTISH PEETHAM (ATHARVA VEDA-NORTHEN MONASTRY)--- LOCATED AT BADRI, UTTARAKHAND.THE FIRST SHANKAR ACHARYA OF JYOTEESH PITH WAS SWAMI TOTAKA ACHARYA AND PRESENT SHANKARACHARYA IS SWAMI SWARUPANAND SARASVATI.
4) DAKSHINAMNAYA SRI SARADA PEETAM (YAJURVEDA-SOUTHERN MONASTRY)--- LOCATED AT SHRINGERI, KARNATAKA.THE FIRST SANKARACHARYA OF SARADA PEETH WAS SWAMI HASTAMALAKA ACHARYA, AND PRESENT SHANKARACHARYA IS SWAMI BHARATI TEERTHA.
NOTED PLACES VISITED BY ADI SHANKARACHARYA DURING HIS VIJAYA YATRA ARE AS FOLLOWS:
KANCHI (TAMILNADU), PUSHPAGIRI, KUDALI, HARIHARAPURA (KARNATAKA), GOKARNA (GOA), KOLHAPUR (KARVEER), TULJAPUR, NASIK, PANDHARPUR (MAHARASHTRA), UJJAIN, OMKARESHWAR, MANDALESHWAR (MADHYA PRADESH), PRAYAG, KASHI, VARANASI, HARIDWAR, AYODHYA, MATHURA (UTTAR PRADESH), KURUKSHETRA, HASTINAPUR (DELHI), KANDAHAR (PAKISTAN), KATHMANDU (NEPAL), PATNA (BIHAR), GAYA, NALANDA, GOWAHATI, TIRUPATI, MADURAI, RAMESHWARAM, KANYAKUMARI, MOUNT KAILASH…. ETC…
WEBSITES OF JAGADGURU SHANKARACHARYAS:
