MOTHER SARADA OF SRINGERI

THE ADVAITHAMATHA PITHA

The birth of Sankara Bhagavatpada heralded a new epoch in the history of Hindu religion. Jainism and Buddhism drawing sustenance from the ruling princes started encompassing the world with such tenacious avidity and vindictive ferocity that they engulfed Hinduism and emptied its rich contents. To breathe life into that withering Aryasamskriti, Adi Sankara decided to establish Vidyapithas in the four corner's of our Punya Bharat. His extensive paryatana across the whole of Bharata, for selection of places brought him once to this holy spot, an integral part of the western ghats. Situated just at the foot of the hallowed Rishyasringa Hills, right in front of the holy Tungabhadra, flowing coiled around the majestic tall coconut and arecanut groves, soaring with their startling straightness to reach the high heavens, as it were, piercing through the stately colourful clouds, this sublime spot attracted him most. With his intuitive powers, he learnt with infinite joy, its spiritual past due to habitation and association of Rishyasringa, and at once embarked upon establishing the Adwaithamatapita for religious regeneration and spiritual glorification, the urgent need of the day.

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