unqualified form of Brahma. During this period He defeated peak scholars like Kumaril Bhatta and Mandana Mishra in Shastriac debates and also defeated and impressed Buddhist scholars by His unparalled knowledge of Vedas and wisdom. The Samrat Sudhanva who then reigned over the Undivided India accepted discipleship of eighteen years old Adi Shankaracharyaji and initiated the epoch making work of enmeriting the Vedic Dharma. Adi Shankaracharya established four monasteries in the four cardinal directions of Bharat. The Puri Govardhan Peetham at Puri in Utkala, the Sringeri Peetham at Sringeri in Karnataka, the Sharada Peetham at Dwaraka in Gujrat and the Jyotish Peetham in the Badari region. He ordained his able disciples as the “Jagadguru Shankaracharya” of these Peethams and laid the constitution regarding the mode of ordination, importance, functioning and utility of the Acharya. He also marked the territory of each Peetham, and thus ensured the proper administration of the institutions. He classified and nominated the ascetics in ten divisions to ensure followance and protection of the Vaidik Dharma at various locations which were affected by the non-Vedic cults. From age of 24 to 31 years, Adi Shankaracharya resolved the differences between 89 schools of thoughts, rejuvenated the Vedic Sanatan Dharma and established the “Dharma” regulated, unbiased and extortion-free regime. At the young age of 32, Bhagvatpada Adi Shankaracharya concluded His divine existence form the practical world by transcending to Kailash.

(Bay Of Bengal) in the Holy Dham of Puri  in B.C. 486. The whole of the Eastern India viz. Bihar, Jharkhand, Chittasgarh, Andhra till Rajmahendri, Orissa, Bengal, Nepal, Bangladesh (Undivided India), Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Sikkim, Bhutan, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, Uttarapradesh till Prayaga including Gaya and Varanasi are considered as the territory of Sri Govardhan Peetham. On the auspicious day of Vaishakha Shukla Dashami B.C. 483 the Holy Lotus Hands of Adi Shankaracharya restored and reinstalled the holy idol of Lord Jagannatha and on the same day He ordained his first disciple “Padmapadacharya” as the first “Jagadguru Shankaracharya” of Puri Peetham. Adi Shankaracharya installed the seat of transcendental wisdom in the Peetham and established Lord Ardhanarishwar and Lord Govardhan-nath. The Peeth is world-renowned as one of the 51 Shakti-Peethas also where the naval-part of Bhagavati Sati fell. As per the tradition the Jagadguru Shankaracharya opf Puri Govardhan Peetham presides over the Mukti-Mandap and inaugurates the Internationally reputed “Ratha Yatra”.

The following Shankaracharyas also had very illustrious terms. On of the Shankaracharyas of Puri Peetham named Shankar Swami promoted Vachaspati Mishra to write a “Teeka” on the Brahma Sutra Shaankara Bhaashya. This “Teeka “ named as “Bhamati Teeka” be very much lauded in the field of  Vedanta. Similarly the reknowned “Shridhari Teeka” on “Shrimad Bhagavatam” was composed by Shridhara Swami who belonged to the Govardhan Math Guru- Shishya tradition, who resided in its branch at “Shankarananda Math”.

tradition which is presently prevalent internationally is solely attributed to Madhusudan Dev Tirtha Maharaj.

“ Bhagvan Shri Krishna”,“Vasant Panchami”, etc. of then the book “Vedic Mathematics” was an epoch making book in the field of science and mathematics. He taught the principles of Vedic. Mathematics to the national and international scholars His thoughts later helped in revolutionizing the computational techniques by use of the Binary System.

Swami Hariharananda Saraswati (Karapatri Swami).

From 1992, Swami Nishchalananda Saraswati Maharaj followed as the 145^th Jagadguru Shankaracharya of the Govardhan Peetham. His work in the field of Dharma, Mathematics, Tantra, Patriotism and humanity is well-known by his illustrious books numbering to fifty. His participation in the reconversion of Hindus who were by force or deceivance converted to the other faiths, in the protection of Sri Rama Setu is well-known. He has composed 6 books on Vedic- Mathematics and a book on the

 science of health and happy life. The Jagadguru Shankaracharyas of Puri Peetham never relented to any kind of lust and fear from the petty political or business-classes thus the Govardhan Math was always ignored by such classes.