Sringeri Sharada Peetham

Acharya: Sri Bharati Tirtha
Location Shringeri
Founder Adi Shankara
First Acharya Maṇḍana Miśra
Formation 820 AD
Website http://www.sringeri.net/

Sringeri Sharada Peetha is the southern Advaita Vedanta matha or monastery established by Adi Shankara in 8th century AD. The matha is on the banks of the Tunga River in Chikkamagalur district, Karnataka, India, 105 kilometers from Mangaluru and 303 kilometers from the state capital, Bengaluru.

History

Sharada temple at Sringeri Sharada Peetha, Shringeri

Adi Shankara and Advaita Vedanta

Traditionally, Adi Shankara (8th century) is regarded as the greatest teacher and reformer of the Smartha.[1] According to Alf Hiltebeitel, Shankara established the nondualist interpretation of the Upanishads as the touchstone of a revived smartha tradition.[2] The Sringeri Sharada monastery founded by Shankara in Karnataka is still the centre of the Smartha sect.

Jagadgurus

Sureshwaracharya, who was Maṇḍana Miśra in his purvashrama,[3][4] was installed as the successor of Shankaracharya before the latter resumed his tour to found his three pithas at Puri, Dwaraka and Badrinath.

Vidushekara Bharathi was appointed as Uttaradhikari of the Sringeri Sharadha Peetha by Bharati Thirtha on 23 January 2015.[5] The last five Jagadgurus were:

NameYears as JagadguruPlace of BirthPurvashrama name[6]
Sacchidananda Shivabhinava Nrusimha Bharati1872–1912MysoreShivaswami
Chandrasekhara Bharati III1912–1954SringeriNarasimha Sastri
Abhinava Vidyatirtha1954–1989BangaloreSrinivasa Sastri
Bharati Tirtha1989 – presentNarasaraopetTangirala Sitarama Anjaneyulu
Vidhushekhara Bharati 2015 - present Tirupathi Kuppa Venkateshwara Prasad Sharma[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rosen 2006, p. 166.
  2. ↑ Hiltebeitel 2013.
  3. ↑ Roodurmum 2002, p. 29.
  4. ↑ Kuppuswami Sastri 1984.
  5. ↑ http://www.sringeri.net
  6. ↑ Purvashrama name refers to the name of the Jagadguru before taking Sannyasa.
  7. ↑ Deccan Herald, Sringeri seer appoints successor

Sources

  • Kuppuswami Sastri, S. (1984), Brahmasiddhi, by Maṇḍanamiśra, with commentary by Śankhapāṇī. 2nd ed., Delhi, India: Sri Satguru Publications 
  • Roodurmum, Pulasth Soobah (2002), Bhāmatī and Vivaraṇa Schools of Advaita Vedānta: A Critical Approach, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Private Limited 

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