Details of the Four Peethams Established by Adi Shankaracharya

 

Direction

East

Poorvamnaya

South

Dakshinamnaya

West

Pashchimamnaya

North

Uttaramnaya

Name of the Peetham

Govardhan Math

Shringeri Math

Sharada Math

Jyotir Math

Year of Establishment

486 B.C.

490 B.C.

490 B.C.

492 B.C.

Place of Location

Puri

(Odisha)

Sringeri

(Karnataka)

Dwaraka

(Gujarat)

Badrikashrama (Uttaranchal)

Divinities:  God

                 Goddess  

Jagannath

Vimalamba

Adi Varaha

Kamakshi

Siddheshwara

Bhadrakali

Narayana

Poornagiri

Vicinity

Purushottam (Puri)

Rameshwaram

Dwaraka

Badrikashram

Tirtha

Mahodadhi
(Bay of Bengal)

River

Tungabhadra

River

 Gomati

River

Alakhananda

Veda

Rig Veda

Yajur Veda

Sama Veda

Atharva Veda

Sampradaya

Bhogavar

Bhurivar

Kitavar

Anandavar

Mahavakya

Prajnanam

Brahma

Aham Brahmasmi

 Tattvamasi

Ayamatma Brahma

Titles to the Pontificial Seat

Vana, Aranya

Saraswati, Bharati, Puri

Tirtha, Ashram

Giri, Parvata, Sagar

Gotra

Kashyapa

Bhur bhuvah

Avigata

Bhrugu

First Acharya of the Peetham

Padmapada

Hastamalaka

Sureshwara

Totaka

Date of Appointment

483 B.C.

484 B.C.

489 B.C.

484 B.C.

Present Acharya Swami Nishchalananda Saraswati

Swami

Bharati

Tirtha

Swami Swaroopananda Saraswati Swami Swaroopananda Saraswati
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