whether holds water or not are explained in my write up; you wrote about the mutt defending while earlier I wrote the facts; when you said sastri u must understand what is he written etc. But hastily speaking, without understanding and cutting out a few lines and copying the rest, attributing it as compilation etc enlightens you well. KR
On Mon, 6 Oct 2025 at 18:21, 'gopala krishnan' via KeralaIyers < [email protected]> wrote: > There are two websites from Wikipedia. The second one contain the > information. Not the Sringeri website. I have verified now. Sorry for > replying wrong information from memory. > > *But all other unwarranted blames by Mr. Rajaram does not hold water.* > Gopalakrishnan > > On Monday 6 October, 2025 at 04:27:58 pm IST, Rajaram Krishnamurthy < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > All who read in the group > Please open wikipedia and compare gopalakrishnan lies as Goebel > KR IRS 61025 > > On Mon, 6 Oct 2025 at 16:21, 'gopala krishnan' via KeralaIyers < > [email protected]> wrote: > > I have taken details from Sringeri Mutt website.Long narratins are > summarised. > You are the person simply copy paste with out applying mind.Csn't you > remain without blaming others.Why do you start troubles? > RGK > > Yahoo Mail: Search, organise, conquer > <https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&c=US_Acquisition_YMktg_315_SearchOrgConquer_EmailSignature&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=US_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100002039&af_sub5=C01_Email_Static_&af_ios_store_cpp=0c38e4b0-a27e-40f9-a211-f4e2de32ab91&af_android_url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yahoo.mobile.client.android.mail&listing=search_organize_conquer> > > On Mon, 6 Oct 2025 at 14:27, Rajaram Krishnamurthy > <[email protected]> wrote: > I had already written the position of Sringeri Mutt in part 1 ; however > even after that, the copy pasted from Wikipedia details about the similar > facts should have been well researched and written; he had simply omitted a > few lines and without verification and application of the mind tried > something without a purpose. Who is sastri? Whether Vidyaranya was 2nd or > 12th should have been assessed better. As a matter of fact ANANTHA > KRISJNA SASTRI @ a k sASTRI WROTE A pHd PAPER WHERE evidences show that > only from 14th century cloth documents are available; appendix produced > there show that there are no evidences for 11 pontiffs as from 720AD had no > proof. Koodali, though claimed as a branch of Sringeri very late, had no > basis. Few extracts from sastri below: > > Anantha Krishna Shastri (1999), History of Sringeri, 2nd Edition, > Karnataka University Press Ph D Paper > > > > *Sri Sankara^ successors upto Sri Vidyaranya* > > *The immediate successor of Sri Sankara on the Sringeri* > > *Pita was Sri Suresvaracharya. His successors on the* > > *disciples in the hermitages in Sringeri, Simhapura,* > > *Yasisthasrama and Kigga which are in the neighbourhood oi^* > > *Sringeri,* > > *It was during the 14th century that Sringeri again* > > *gained prominence, when great pontiffs like Yidyasahkara* > > *Tirtha (Yidya Tirtha), Bharatl Krisna Tirtha (BharatI* > > *Tirtha) and Yidyaranya, ascended the Sarada Pitha. It was* > > *during the pontificate of Yidyaranya that Sringeri, besides* > > *being a Matha became a Samsthana owing to the acquisition* > > *of lands. In the beginning, the lands were granted to the* > > *Matha by the Yijayanagara rulers and subsequently the rulers* > > *of different dynasties also granted lands. As a result,* > > *the Samsthana was born and in due course it was developed* > > *and consolidated. Its relations with the various secular* > > *heads and the general administrative, religious, economic* > > *and social conditions prevailing in the Samsthana in the* > > *past centuries, will be dealt with in the subsequent* > > *chapters of this thesis, after a consideration of the* > > *sources of its history.* > > *Kadatas* > > *Meaning* > > *As the present work is mainly baaed on the kadatas.* > > *it is essential on onr part to know all about them. It is* > > *to the good fortune of the world of scholars that the* > > *Sringeri Matha is preserving a large collection of kadatas.* > > *A few kadatas of the Srmgiri Matha are kept in the Madras* > > *Oriental Manuscript library. The kadatas are of great* > > *historical Importance throwing light on the history of* > > *J Sringeri from the 14th to the 19th century.** They are also* > > */* > > *of great value in understanding the Sringeri Matha*s* > > *relations with the ruling states during the same period.* > > *Though m general the kadatas appear to be more or* > > *less of the same size, when actually measured, they vary.* > > *Most of them come within the range of 74” by 9". There* > > *are a few having the measurement of 5" by 7" and 64" by* > > *84". There are also some kadatas of a slightly bigger* > > *size measuring 9" by 10f” and 9" by 11”. Similarly the* > > *pages of the kadatas vary.* > > *Classification* > > *The kadatas of the Sringlri Matha may be broadly* > > *classified under two heads: (1) ffirunas and Binnavattales,* > > *and (2) Account Books (Kd.Accts.). After a careful* > > *scrutiny, it is found that there are 205 and 548 volumes* > > *belonging to the former and the latter category* respectively. The > nirupas (orders) and blnnavattales (letters of respect) are more important > from the point of our present study though the Account Bookes can hardly he > neglected. > > The kadatas containing nirupas and binnavattales throw light on some > aspects of the political, administrative, religious, economic and social > conditions prevailing not only in Sringeri but also in the whole of > Karnataka from the *14*th to the *19*th century. A study of the nirupas > and blnnavattales brings out the relation between the Sringeri Matha and > the various secular powers like Yijayanagara, Keladi, Marathas, the > Wodeyars of Ifysore, Hyder, Tipu, the Nizam, Chiefs of the various > principalities and the British. There are several documents dealing with > the correspondence > > between the Sringeri Matha and the various religious institutions and the > government officials. A number of grants of land and other presents made to > the Sringeri Matha from various secular heads from time to time are > > recorded in these volumes. > > > > The Sringeri Matha has 41 branches spread all over India. Sri Sankara > Matha at Bangalore, Abhinava Sankaralaya at Mysore and Sri Sankara mathas > at Nanjangud, Kalady Ramesvaram, Ramnad, Madurai, Coimbatore, Salem, > Madras,Con^eevaram, Tirupathi, Hyderabad, Gokarna, Msik, Gaya, Hardwar and > Varanasi are some of the important branches. Managers are appointed to > administer these mathas, and they render monthly accounts of income and > expenditure to the Head office at Sringeri. Several immovable properties n > many places in South India have been gifted to the Matha for the worship of > Sri Saradamba and Sri Chandramaulisvara and these are being managed > directly by the Matha. > > Genealogy and the reign periods of the Sringen Jagadgurus > > A.D. A.D. > > 1. Sri A- di- S/ ahkaracharya 788 - 820 > (life) > > 2. 11 Suresvaracharya ) from > 820 to > > > ) the commence > - > > 3. ft Nityahodhaghanaeharya ) ment of > Vidya > > 4. II Jnanaghanacharya ) Sankara > Tirtha1s > > 5. W Jnanottamacliarya ) accession, > dates > > > cannot > be fixed. > > 6. II Jnanagiri Acharya ) > > 7. II Simhagiri Acharya ) > > 8. II Isvara Tirtha ) > > 9. II IFarasimha Tirtha ) > > 10. II V, idya S/ ankara T_irtha - 1356 > > 11. II Bharati Krisna Tirtha 1356 - 1380 > > 12. II Vidyaranya 1380 - 1386 > > 13. H Chandrasekhara Bharatl I 1386 - 1389 > > 14. M Naraiimha Bharatl I 1389 - 1408 > > K Rajaram IRS 6 10 25 > > On Mon, 6 Oct 2025 at 10:01, 'gopala krishnan' via Thatha_Patty < > [email protected]> wrote: > > SRINGERI SARADAMBAL TEMPLE -CHICKKAMAGALUR DISTRICT- KARNATAKA - PART 2 > > History in detail > > A pivotal figure in the history of the math is Vidyaranya (sometimes > referred to as Madhava Vidyaranya or *Madhavacharya *who was an > ideological support and the intellectual inspiration for the founders of > the Vijayanagara Empire. He helped Harihara I and his brother Bukka to > build a Hindu army to overthrow the Muslim rule in the Deccan region, and > re-establish a powerful Hindu kingdom from Hampi. > > In his counsel, the Vijayanagara founders lead an expansive conquest of > much of the southern Indian peninsula, taking over lands from the > Sultanates that had formed after several invasions by the Delhi Sultanate. > *According > to tradition, the monk's efforts were supported by the 10th and 11th > pontiff of Sringeri peetham*. Vidyaranya later became the 12th acharya of > the Sringeri peetham in 1375 CE. Shortly after the start of the > Vijayanagara empire in 1336 CE, *the rulers began building the > Vidyashankara temple at the Sringeri peetham site. This temple was > completed in 1338.* > > The Vijayanagara rulers repaired and built numerous more Hindu and Jain > temples in and around the Sringeri math and elsewhere in their empire. This > is a period where numerous inscriptions help establish the existence of the > *Sringeri > peetham from the 14th century onwards.* > > The Vijayanagara rulers Harihara and Bukka gave a sarvamanya (tax-exempt) > gift of land in and around Sringeri in 1346 CE to the Sringeri math guru > Bharati Tirtha, in a manner common in the Indian tradition for centuries, > to help defray the costs of operating the monastery and temples. > > This grant became a six-century tradition that ended in the 1960s and > 1970s when the Indian central government introduced and enforced a > land-reform law that redistributed the land... > > > > In the late 15th century, the patronage of the Vijayanagara kings shifted > to Vaisnavism. Following this loss of patronage, Sringeri math had to > find other means to propagate its former status, and the story of > Shankara establishing the four cardinal matha may have originated in the > 16th century. > > According to Shastri, following the traditional accounts, the Vijayanagara > kings visited the Sringeri monastery many times over some 200 years and > left inscriptions praising the monks, revering their knowledge of the Vedas > and their scholarship. The monastery also provided the Vijayanagara empire > administration with guidance on governance. The descendant rulers of the > Vijayanagara empire regularly visited the monastery and made a series of > endowments to the Sringeri math as evidenced by various inscriptions. *They > also established the agrahara of Vidyaranyapuram with a land grant for the > Brahmins, and in the 15th century established the earliest version of the > Saradamba temple found at the Sringeri peetham site*. The tradition of > establishing satellite institutions under the supervision of the Sringeri > peetham started in the Vijayanagara empire period. For example, > Vidyaranya organized a math in Hampi. > > > > Keladi era > > After the defeat of the Vijayanagara empire and the destruction of Hampi > by a coalition of Deccan sultanates, the Vijayanagara empire territories > faced a political turmoil. The Deccan region was largely divided among five > Islamic sultanates. The coastal regions of Karnataka that included the > Sringeri math ultimately came under the control of the Nayakas of Keladi > from the Lingayatism tradition, who has previously served as governors for > the Vijayanagara emperors. > > The Keladi dynasty supported the Sringeri peetham for nearly 250 years, > from 1499 to 1763, when the Keladi Nayakas rule was ended by Hyder Ali > seeking to create a sultanate from Mysore…. > > The lands held by the monastery and the goods meant for its operation were > treated by the Nayakas as tax-exempt and not subject to any tariffs. > Additionally, the 17th-century records show that the math received special > gifts from the Lingayat rulers on festive occasions such as acharavicharas > and Diwali. Some of the Nayaka princes studied at a school run by the > monastery. > > Maratha era > > The Sringeri math was supported by the Maratha rulers when they came to > power in the post-Aurangzeb Mughal era. The monastery provided the > Marathas with counsel in return as evidenced by over two dozen letters, > mostly in the Marathi language and some in Sanskrit using Kannada script. > These have been preserved by the monastery. > > The religio-political significance of the Sringeri monastery was such that > both > the Marathas and the Muslim ruler Hyder Ali sought "cordial relations" with > it. According to Leela Prasad, after the Maratha ruler Raghunatha Rao > invited the Sringeri matha's Jagadguru to visit him and the pontiff > accepted the invitation, when Hyder Ali – whose hostility to the Marathas > had been legendary – heard about the trip, Hyder Ali sent the Jagadguru > gifts and an escort consisting of a palanquin, five horses, an elephant and > cash for the travel expenses. > > Peshwa Maratha sacking of the temple in 1791 > > After the third Anglo-Mysore war in 1791 between the armies of the British > and Maratha coalition and those of Tipu Sultan, a part of the defeated > contingent of the Marathas, that is, the irregular Pindaris returned > through Sringeri and looted the monastery temples of its gold and copper, > statues, killed some Brahmin priests, and destroyed property. > > The news reached Tipu Sultan, who sent funds to restore the damage. Tipu > Sultan, a Muslim, also sent a letter requesting the Jagadguru to perform > penance and Hindu worship for "good showers and crops". > > Scholars have interpreted this event both as an evidence of Tipu > Sultan's religious tolerance and the predatory habits of some contingents > in the Maratha army, or alternatively as a strategic political move by Tipu > Sultan to request the monastery to perform "superstitious rites" to > "conciliate with his Hindu subjects and to discomfort his Maratha enemies", > quotes Leela Prasad… > > > > *My note- My interest in providing 2nd part was about Tipu sultan while > invading most Kerala temples favoured the Sarada temple at Sringeri.* > > British rule > > The Sringeri monastery has been a historic politico-religious centre at > least from the 14th century. Along with the Vijayanagara emperors and the > Mysore Muslim rulers such as Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan, the colonial > British authorities and their Nayak and Wodeyar dynasty appointees > considered the monastery to be a strategically important hub for regional > politics. > > Its operations were a target of surveillance, its collection of Hindu > texts on Dharma and its counsel given its regional significance were sought > by the British authorities. > > > > Temples > > *The Sringeri math includes **two **major temples*. One is dedicated to > Shiva and is called the Vidya Shankara temple, the other to Saraswati and > is called the Sharada Amba temple. *The earliest version of the Shiva > temple was built in the 14th century, of goddess Saraswati in the 15th > century.* > > > > Architecture of Siva temple > > The Vidyashankara temple is a fusion of pre-Vijayanagara Hindu temple > architecture traditions with Hoysalas and Vijayanagara styles, giving it an > unusual appearance. The temple has an apsidal shape with its interior > chambers and sanctum set on the square principle while the spire and outer > walls use an almost circular plan. > > The temple is set on a high plinth like the Hoysala temples, with the > basement adorned with sculpted animals and balustrades with yalis flanking > the steps. > > The outer walls of the Shiva temple have large sculptured panels at > right angles to each other and these show the major gods and goddess of > Vedic tradition and post-Vedic Shaivism, Vaishnavism, Shaktism, Saurism > (Surya) and Ganapatya (Ganesha) traditions of Hinduism. > > The base of the temple have relief friezes depicting a large variety of > stories from Hindu epics and Puranas. > > *The temple can be entered from four directions*. Inside the temple is a > large mandapa with intricately carved pillars, several antechambers with > artwork, a sanctum with linga and a circumambulation passageway around it. > The passageway opens to smaller shrines dedicated to Hindu gods and > goddesses from various Hindu traditions. According to George Michell, the > current Vidyashankara temple reflects the 16th-century additions. > > Deities in Siva temple. > > The sanctum has a linga, the southern side of the sanctum features > Brahma-Sarawati, the western side Vishnu-Lakshmi, and the northern side > Shiva-Parvati. > > Additions about Sarada temple > > Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge and arts in the Hindu tradition, is > the *presiding deity of the monastery.* The monastery tradition states > that Adi Shankara installed a sandalwood image of Saraswati as Sharadamba > in a simple shrine, one that was replaced with its current copy in gold by > the 11th acharya of Sringeri sharada peetham, Sri Barathi Thirtha in the > Vijayanagara era. > > The shrine was rebuilt in the 15th century and expanded in the early 20th > century. > > Deities in Sarada temple > > The temple has a maha-mandapa (main hall) with images of *saptamatrikas > (seven mothers) sculpted*. The goddess sits in a golden chariot. > > The golden chariot was dedicated to goddess in 1999 by the present acharya > of Sringeri sharada peetham. > > Sub deities in Sarada temple > > Along with Saraswati in the sanctum, the temple has small shrines for Ganesha > and for Bhuvaneshvari. > > Idols etc. > > The Sharadamba temple and nearby structures additionally house a library, > a Vedic school, *a shrine for Adi Shankara*, and other facilities of the > monastery. > > General > > It has been the historic epic enter of Sringeri's annual *Navaratri > festival celebrations*, as well as the chariot festival held in February > or March every year. The temple also gives the site its name, with *"Sarada > peetha" meaning "seat of learning"*. > > *The temple 's small gopuram was built in Chettinad structures by 33rd > acharya of Sringeri sharada peetham Sachitananda Shivabinava Narasimha > Barathi* in 1916. > > Library > > Sringeri matha has preserved and been a source of ancient Sanskrit > manuscripts to scholars. In the contemporary monastery, a library is > located on the first floor of the Saradamba temple. It has about 500 > palm-leaf manuscripts and a large collection of paper manuscripts, most of > which are in Sanskrit. *These manuscripts are not only related to Advaita > philosophy,* but to classical subjects such as Sanskrit grammar, > Dharmasutras, ethics, and arts. > > Organization > > The Sringeri Sharada Peetham, over its centuries of operations has evolved > a structure to manage the monastery, its succession and its branches. Some > of the key positions and features include: > > Jagadguru (lit. "teacher of mankind") is the pontiff, both in spiritual > and secular sense. A celibate ascetic by tradition, he leads the learning > institutions within the monastery and worship festivals. In case of > differing views on the operation of monastery, his decision is considered > by the monks as binding. > > He is also responsible for screening, studying and selecting the > candidate monk who will succeed him as the next pontiff. > > Administration > > *Samsthana is the administrative organization that has historically > managed the monastery resources,* properties and endowments in accordance > with historic policies and guidelines. This includes the temples, the Vedic > schools, the library, the kitchen and free feeding houses for the monks and > visiting pilgrims at Sringeri and other branches of the Sringeri Sharada > Peetham. Prior to the 1970s change in Indian law, the Samsthana > responsibilities included managing the extensive lands and its tenants. > > The monastery has a number of officials with various duties… > > *The Sringeri Sharada Peetham has a network of branches in India*. Some > of the major branches include those in Varanasi, Haridwar, Nasik, Gaya, > Mysore, Hyderabad, Madurai, Chennai, Kanchipuram, Tirupati, Coimbatore, > Ramesvaram, Kalady, Ramnad and Bengaluru. The monastery also supervises a > number of Vedic studies and Sanskrit schools in various parts of India. The > monastery owns some agriculture land and this is farmed by the monks and > monastery workers. > > *My note- I have stayed in their pilgrimage stay at Rameswaram, while > perform preliminaries at Rameswaram for Gaya srardha.* > > Modern era Jagadgurus > > Jagadguru Vidhushekhara Bharati was appointed as Uttaradhikari of the > Sringeri Sharada Peetham by Jagadguru Bharathi Teertha Mahaswami on 23 > January 2015. The last five Jagadgurus were: > > Name Years as Jagadguru Place of birth Purvashrama name > > Sri Sachchidananda Shivabhinava Narasimha Bharati Mahaswami 1872–1912 > Mysore Shivaswami > > Sri Chandrashekhara Bharati III Mahaswami 1912–1954 Kunigal > Narasimha > Shastri > > Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswami 1954–1989 Bangalore > Srinivasa > Shastri > > Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswami 1989 – present Machilipatnam > Tangirala > Sitarama Anjaneyulu > > Sri Vidhushekhara Bharati Mahaswami > > (Successor-designate) > 2015–present Tirupati Kuppa Venkateshwara Prasad Sharma > > Compiled and posted by R. 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