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( January 2011 ) Shankaracharya Jagadguru Adi Shankaracharya with his four disciples - Padmapadacharya, Sureshwaracharya, Hastamalakacharya & Totakacharya Religion Hinduism The four main Shankaracharya Mathas / Peethas are listed in the following table. # Peethas / Mathas Location Founder Acharya Present Shankaracharya Govardhan Peetham East Puri, Odisha Shri Padmapadacharya ( Padmapada ) Swami Shri Nischalananda Saraswati g Dwarka Sharada Peetham West Dwarka, Gujarat Shri Hastamalakacharya ( Hastamalaka ) Swami Shri Swaroopananda Saraswati Jyotirmath Peetham North Jyotirmath, Badrikashram, Uttarakhand Shri Totakacharya ( Totaka ) Swaroopananda Saraswati Sringeri Sharada Peetham South Sringeri, Karnataka Shri Sureshwaracharya ( Sureshwara ) Shri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswami Shankaracharya ( IAST : Śaṅkarācārya, Shankara acharya ) is a commonly used title of heads of monasteries called mathas in the Advaita Vedanta tradition. The title derives from Adi Shankara, an 8th - century AD reformer of Hinduism. He is honored as Jagadguru, a title that was used earlier only to Krishna. The popular view among historians is that there were four Mathas or Peethas ( religious orders ) : The Dakshiānmnāya Sri Sharada Peetham ( Main Matha ) or the Shri Sringeri Sharada Peetham in Sringeri, Karnataka. The Uttarāmnāya matha ( Northern Matha ) or the Jyotirmath Peetham in the city of Jyotirmath, Badrikashram also known as Joshimath, Uttarakhand. The Pūrvāmnāya matha ( Eastern Matha ), or the Govardhan Peetham at Puri, Odisha. The Paśchimāmnāya matha ( Western Matha ), or the Dwarka Sharada Peetham at Dwarka, Gujarat. It is believed that after establishing the above four mathas and appointing his four disciples as head of these mathas, Adi Shankara established a fifth matha at Kanchipuram and became the head of that matha till his life time.. This fifth matha is called Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham The table below gives an overview of the four Amnaya Mathas founded by Adi Shankara, and their details. Shishya ( lineage ) Direction Maṭha Mahāvākya Veda Sampradaya Padmapāda East Govardhana Pīṭhaṃ Prajñānam brahma ( Consciousness is Brahman ) Rig Veda Bhogavala Sureśvara South Sringeri Śārada Pīṭhaṃ Aham brahmāsmi ( I am Brahman ) Yajur Veda Bhūrivala Hastāmalakācārya West Dvāraka Pīṭhaṃ Tattvamasi ( That thou art ) Sama Veda Kitavala Toṭakācārya North Jyotirmaṭha Pīṭhaṃ Ayamātmā brahma ( This Atman is Brahman ) Atharva Veda Nandavala Shankaracharya is also seen as an avatar of Shiva ( Shankara ). Shankaracharya is responsible for founding many punyakshetras along the length and breadth of India, by taming avatars of Parvati and imprisoning her essence in Sri Chakras. Adi Shankaracharya wished to grace the Indian subcontinent by establishing four major mathas in the four corners of the peninsula -- north ( Jyothirmath ), south ( Sringeri ), east ( Puri ), west ( Dwaraka ) -- to propagate the philosophy of advaita vedanta and to promulgate the concept of Sanatana dharma, thus establishing dharma or righteousness, as the way of life of people. His primary four disciples took charges of each math and thus established a strong Guru - Sishya parampara ( a lineage of masters - disciples ) in every math, that continues to guide people to this day. Contents 1 Further reading 2 See also 3 References 4 External links Further reading Mukhyananda, Swami ( 2006 ) Sri Shankaracharya : life and philosophy : An elucidative and reconciliatory interpretation, 4th ed. ; OCLC 426914596 ; Kolkata ; Advaita Ashrama Esoteric Buddhism by A.P. Sinnett, pp 81 ISBN 1438503652 See also Adi Shankara Kalady, Kerala - the holy birth place of Jagadguru Adi Shankaracharya Govardhan Peetham ( East ), Puri, Odisha Dwarka Sharada Peetham ( West ), Dwarka, Gujarat Jyotirmath Peetham ( North ), Jyotirmath, Badrikashram, Uttarakhand Shri Sringeri Sharada Peetham ( South ), Sringeri, Karnataka Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu Jagadguru of Sringeri Sharada Peetham Swāmī Abhinava Vidyā Tīrtha, Śaṅkarācārya of Śṛṅgeri Swāmī Bhāratī Tīrtha, Śaṅkarācārya of Śṛṅgeri Swāmī Bhāratīkṛṣṇa Tīrtha, scholar ; mathematician ; first Śaṅkarācārya to visit the West Swāmī Brahmānanda Sarasvatī, Śrīvidyā siddha ; Śaṅkarācārya of Jyotirmāyā Pīṭha, Śaṅkara Matha, Badrināth Swāmī Swarupānanda Sarasvatī ; Śaṅkarācārya of Jyotirmāyā Pīṭha, Śaṅkara Matha, Badrināth Swāmī Candrasekhara Bhāratī, Śaṅkarācārya of Śṛṅgeri Swāmī Saccidānanda Bhāratī, Śaṅkarācārya of Śṛṅgeri Swāmī Saccidānanda Bhāratī, Śaṅkarācārya of Śṛṅgeri Swāmī Saccidānanda Śivābhinava Nṛsiṁha Bhāratī, Śaṅkarācārya of Śṛṅgeri Swāmī Vidyāraṇya Tīrtha, Śaṅkarācārya of Śṛṅgeri Jagadguru of Ramachandrapura Matha - Sri Sri Raghaveshwara Bharati Jagadguru of Swarnavalli Matha - Gangadharendra Saraswati Swamiji References Jump up ^ Aditya Thakur ( 1 November 2014 ). `` Just A Handful Of Hindus Know Adi Shankaracharya Revived Their Religion ''. Topyaps. Retrieved 16 May 2014. Jump up ^ http://www.kamakoti.org/kamakoti/details/Shankaracharya-Kanchipuram%20Home.html Jump up ^ `` Adi Shankara 's four Amnaya Peethams ''. Archived from the original on 26 June 2006. Retrieved 2006 - 08 - 20. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shankaracharyas. Advaita-Vedanta.org `` Dasanami Sampradaya - The Monastic Tradition '', an account of the four amnaya mathas, and the `` Dashanamī parampāra '' Śaṃkara Maṭhas Dvāraka Pīṭha Govardhana Pīṭha Jyotirmaṭha Pīṭha Śārada Pīṭha Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shankaracharya&oldid=855241813 '' Categories : Titles and occupations in Hinduism Religious leadership roles Shankaracharyas Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from January 2011 All articles needing additional references All articles with specifically marked weasel - worded phrases Articles with specifically marked weasel - worded phrases from December 2014 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Français गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni हिन्दी Italiano मराठी Nederlands 日本 語 Edit links This page was last edited on 16 August 2018, at 22 : 00 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who founded four mathas in the four corners of india
Answer: Adi Shankaracharya