Vidyasankara temple

Sringeri, located in Chikmagalur district in the Indian state of Karnataka is the site of the fourth matha established by the Adi Sankaracharya, Hindu reformer and exponent of the Advaita Vedanta philosophy, in the 8th century C.E. It is located on the banks of the river Tunga. In a popular legend, Adi Sankaracharya is said to have selected the site when, walking by the Tunga river, he saw a cobra with a raised hood, providing shelter from the hot sun, to a frog about to spawn. Four mathas were eventually established by Sankara, in the north (at Jyotirmath, near Badrinath), south (at Sringeri and according to some disputed accounts, also at Kanchipuram), east (at Puri), and west (at Dwaraka) of India. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 578 KB) Vidyasankara temple, Sringeri. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 578 KB) Vidyasankara temple, Sringeri. ... Chikmanglur is a district in Karnataka. ... Karnataka (ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ in Kannada) is one of the four southern states of India. ... Sri Adi Sankara Adi Shankaracharya or Adi Shankara (the first Shankara in his lineage), reverentially called Bhagavatpada Acharya (the teacher at the feet of Lord), Shankara (approximately 509- 477 BC (though some claim 788-820 CE)) was the most famous Advaita philosopher who had a profound influence on the growth... A Hindu is an adherent of Hinduism, the predominant religious, philosophical and cultural system of Bharat (India). ... Advaita Vedanta is probably the best known of all Vedanta schools of Hinduism, the others being Dvaita and Vishishtadvaita. ... Tunga may refer to: A river in India An artist from Brazil This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Jyotirmath, also called Jyotir Math and Joshimath, is a place in Uttaranchal, India in the Himalayas. ... Badrinath is a town in Uttaranchal, and is one of a group of four places in the Himalayas holy to the Hindus. ... Sringeri is the site of the first matha established by the Adi Sankaracharya, the 8th century Hindu reformer and exponent of the Advaita Vedanta philosophy. ... Kanchipuram, Kanchi, or Kancheepuram (also sometimes Conjeevaram) is the name of a temple town and district in Tamil Nadu, Indias southernmost state. ... Puri is one of the four cardinal Peethams or Dhaamams established by Sri Adi Shankaracharya, the others being those at Dwaraka, Sringeri, Dwaraka and Jyotirmath A puri is an Indian bread made from a dough of atta (whole grain durum wheat flour), water and salt by rolling it... Dwarka is a city in Gujarat, India. ...

The name Sringeri is derived from Rishyasringa-giri, a nearby hill that is believed to have contained the hermitage of Rishi Vibhandaka and his son Rishyasringa. Rishyasringa appears in an episode in the Bala-Kanda of the Ramayana where a story, narrated by Vasishta, relates how Rishyasringa brought rains to the drought-stricken kingdom of Romapada. In Hinduism, the Rishis are sages and/or seers who heard the hymns of the Devas; and then wrote them down as Vedic scriptures. ... In Indian and Hindu mythology, Rishyasringa (horned rishi in Sanskrit) was a boy born with the horns of a deer. ... Lord Ram, Laxman, Sita and Hanuman(crouching) The Ramayana (Sanskrit: march (ayana) of Rama) is part of the Hindu smriti, written by Valmiki. ... Vasishta, in Hindu mythology was chief of the seven venerated sages (or Saptharishi) and the Rajaguru of the Suryavamsha or Solar Dynasty. ...

The most important temple at Sringeri is the Vidyasankara temple built, in commemoration of the pontiff Vidyasankara, around 1357-58 AD. It was built by Vidyaranya, patron-saint of Harihara and Bukka the brothers who founded the Vijayanagara empire. The niches in the temple have a number of sculptures from Hindu, Buddhist and Jain mythologies. Inscriptions in the temple record contributions made by several Vijayanagara emperors, though the temple was probably built on an earlier Hoysala site, and combines the Hoysala and Vijayanagara architectural features. The Vijayanagara empire was based in the Deccan, in peninsular and southern India, from 1336 onwards. ... The Hoysala Empire ruled part of southern India from 1000 to 1346. ...

The mutt at Sringeri is known as Sringeri Sharada Peetham.The Jagadguru or head of the mutt is called a Shankaracharya.The present Sringeri Shankaracharya is Shri Bharati Theertha swamigal. Sr Sringeri Sharada Peetham is one of the important Hindu Advaita mutts. ... Sri Adi Sankara Shri Shankaracharya, Adhi Shankaracharya, or Adi Shankara (the first Shankara in his lineage), reverentially called Bhagavatpada Acharya (the teacher at the feet of Lord), Shankara (approximately 509- 477 BC) [1] was the most famous Advaita philosopher who had a profound influence on the growth of Hinduism through... Shri Bharati Theertha Swamigal is the Jagadguru or Shankaracharya of Sringeri Sharada peetham. ... Shri Bharati Theertha Swamigal is the Jagadguru or Shankaracharya of Sringeri Sharada Peetham. ...

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