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THE SATRAS - I |
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| During this time
Sankara lost his father. These two bereavements filled his youthful mind with overwhelming
sorrow and he even contemplated of renouncing the world.After giving his daughter
inmarriage to a Kayastha young man Hari and handing over the administrative
responsibilities to Jayanta-Dalai and Madhava-Dalai, Sankara set out on a long and
extensive pilgrimage (1481 A.D.). About seventeen
companions in accompanied him including his former Guru Mahendra Kandali. The detailed
account of this pilgrimage has been
recorded in the biographies of Sankara- deva, compiled by his disciples. He visited most
of the sacred places and temples of northern and southern India. |
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