Peeth
Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham (Sringeri, Karnataka)
दक्षिणाम्नाय श्री शारदा पीठ, शृंगेरी
Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham at Sringeri, on the banks of the Tunga in Chikkamagaluru district, Karnataka, is the southern Amnaya Peetha of the Shankara tradition.
Overview
Sringeri is the Dakshinamnaya (southern) seat, associated with the Yajur Veda and the Mahavakya Aham Brahmasmi ("I am Brahman") from the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. The Peetham's presiding deity is Sri Sharadamba.
History
The Peetham traces an unbroken line of Jagadgurus from Adi Shankaracharya, with Sureshvaracharya as the first Acharya of the seat.
The 36th Jagadguru, Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamiji, received sannyasa from his guru Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswamiji (35th) on 11 November 1974 and assumed the Peetham in 1989. On 23 January 2015 he initiated Sri Vidhushekhara Bharati as his successor-designate, who will be the 37th Jagadguru.
