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My current residence is only half an hrs drive from the #Kalady, the holy birth place of Jagadguru Adi Shankara.🙏🙇♀️ Let's know a bit more about the #Sringeri Mutt...+
My current residence is only half an hrs drive from the #Kalady, the holy birth place of Jagadguru Adi Shankara.🙏🙇♀️ Let's know a bit more about the #Sringeri Mutt...+
https://twitter.com/NaturallySudha/status/1650792110738796544
The Sringeri Mutt Complex includes two temples built as a shrine to Adi Shankara. The first of these is the Shankara Temple, dedicated to Adi Shankara himself, celebrating the stories around his life and his teachings.+
The second, known as the Sringeri, is dedicated to the Goddess Sharada, the patron saint of the Sringeri Mutt. This shrine, located on the banks of the Periyar is an integral part of the culture around Adi Shankara’s life, which is celebrated in so many ways at Kalady.+
The Periyar river too is a part of the folklore around the shrine. The river’s discernible turn towards the shrine at Kalady, is attributed to Adi Shankara’s powers: it is said that he made the river curve so that his aged mother wouldn’t have to walk too far to bathe.+
Another part of the Sringeri Mutt complex is the eight-sided Adi Shankara Janmabhumi Kshetram. Within the shrine, Adi Shankara is known as Dakshinamoorthy – the absolute teacher. Scenes from his life are illustrated on the walls opposite the central courtyard.+
A shrine to Saradamba, the guardian deity of Sringeri, honours Shankara’s mother, Aryamba. This shrine is located between a niche in each facade of the outer walls, which house images of the Saptamatrukas or seven manifestations of shakti.
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