Sri Sringeri Shankara Math Sri Adi Shankara Janmabhoomi Kshethram, Kalady — Attraction in Kerala

GODDESS SHARADA (SARASWATI ) IS TO BE PRAYED FOR CHILDREN AND FOR STUDIES. IN SRINGERI (KARNATAKA ) THE ORIGINAL TEMPLE WAS INSTALLED BY SHRI ADI SANKARACHARYA WHO ITS SAID, WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN BRINGING THE GODDESS FROM HEAVEN. AS PER THE STORY, ADI SANKARACHARYA, PLEADED WITH GODDESS TO COME TO EARTH FROM HEAVEN. BUT THE CONDITION PUT BY GODDESS THAT SANKARACHARYA WILL GO AHEAD OF HER AND SHE WILL FOLLOW FROM HEAVEN TO EARTH BY WALKING. SANKARACHARYA ASKED HER “HOW WILL I KNOW, THAT , YOU ARE FOLLOWING ME” ??? GODDESS REPLIED THAT “I AM WEARING MY ANKLETS ( PAYAL ) AND WHEN ANY LADY WALKS, THE SOUND KEEPS RINGING FROM IT, WITH EVERY STEP A LADY KEEPS AND IN THE SAME WAY I WILL KEEP WALKING AND FROM THE SOUND AND IF THE SHOULD STOPS, YOU WILL KNOW THAT I HAVE STOPPED WALKING”. DO SANKARACHARYA KEPT WALKING AND WHEN THEY REACHED SRINGERI, SUDDENLY THE SOUND OF THE PAYAL ( ANKLETS ) STOPPED AND SANKARACHARYA TURNED AROUND TO SEE WHY THE SOUND SUDDENLY STOPPED. Immediately THE GODDESS SAID “WHY DID YOU TURN BACK. IN FACT I WAS FOLLOWING YOU. And since YOU DOUBTED MY INTENTIONS, I WILL STOP HERE ONLY AND I WILL NOT FOLLOW YOU FURTHER FROM THIS POINT. SO ADI SANKARACHARYA BUILT A THE PRESENT TEMPLE AT SRINGERI NEAR THE RIVER SOWPARNIKA AND ALSO MADE A DECOCTION CALLED “KASHAYAM” WHEN THE AREA WAS AFFECTED BY EPIDEMIC AND IT CURED THE ENTIRE VILLAGE AND EVEN TODAY IN THE EVENING AFTER THE POOJA IT’S GIVEN TO EVERYONE.

SRINGERI SHARADA MUTT, CHEMBUR, IS AN AFFILIATION OF THE SAME SRINGERI TEMPLE AND IS VERY GRAND AND EXCELLENT TEMPLE TO VISIT. IT IS NICELY CONNECTED BY RAILWAY AND IT’S VERY CENTRALLY LOCATED and THE AREA IS FAMOUSLY CALLED “DIAMOND GARDEN” and ADJACENT TO “K STAR MALL”. THERE IS A SMALL TEMPLE CALLED “JUNNA_HANUMAN TEMPLE” IN SAME PREMISES. IN FACT, THE HANUMAN TEMPLE HAS OTHER IDOLS IN IT LIKE NAVAGRAHAS, GANAPATHY, SHIVA LINGAM, KHALA-BHAIRAV, VISHNU AND OTHER IDOLS AND IT IS FREQUENTED BY MANY PEOPLE. REALLY WORTH VISITING DURING FESTIVALS FOR ITS...

Read about it in primary school 🏫. It's amazing how Bhagwan Sankara travelled the entire India in those days for four times. And crocodile 🐊 catching child Sankara.. Parrots chanting Swatah Pramaanam Parataha Pramaanam in front of Mandana Mishra house 🏠 unbelievable these days. I salute Bhagwan Sankara. 🙏 a Divine Soul. It's my dream to visit Kalady and see Purna river. My dream is fulfilled. Pray God for the betterment of the mankind. Kerala is blessed to beget divine souls. 🙏🙏 And after that we visited Guruvayur appan temple in the morning 🙏 quite a spacious and huge temple complex and corridor. Lord Krishna as Guruvayur appan. Interestingly some of Tanjavur painting are displayed on the walls of temple exteriors. Mahabharata stories and some others. What's significant in the paintings, is that all the pictures of divinity are very expressive ❤️🙏 pleasing and perfect shapes. Artistic and creative.. You can't find such divinity anywhere... You really feel Dhanyosmi. Masterpieces, really. We learnt that, our legendary singer Yesudas is not allowed inside the temple. Because he is not a Hindu! But he is allowed in Kolluru Mukambika temple. This is really ridiculous and unacceptable! Yesudas has sung melodious songs in praise of Lord Guruvayur appan. It seems he challenged temple authority, to give him just one chance to sing in front of temple and the doors will open automatically! But he was denied .. Sometimes I wonder Humanity has come thousands of years. All are creations of God 🙏 🌹 and still this Untouchability... In the era of globalisation...!! That too in God's own country....!! It's an unpardonable crime against humanity and God 🙏 Pray, sabko sanmati de...

Kalady or Kaladi[1] is a census town located in Angamaly east of the Periyar river, it is also a village in Aluva Taluk, Ernakulam district of Kerala, India, not far from Cochin International Airport. It is notable as the birthplace of 8th century Indian philosopher and theologian Adi Shankara and is a popular destination for Hindupilgrims. Thekke Madam- Thekke Madam is just adjacent to Krishna Temple. It was founded by the Trichur Shankaracharya. As a homage to Shankara, this Trichur Math was given special archana rights at Krishna Temple, the temple of the Shankara's ancestral deity, in year 825. To facilitate this leasehold property (kana pattam), lands were provided by Kalady Devaswom. This Math was given kingship rights in Kalady in 1730, thus marking the area of Sankara Sanketham. This was the only Math of Shankaracharya tradition for centuries that respected Kalady and sanctified it. Aryadevi Samadhi Mandapam Aryadevi Samadhi Mandapam is dedicated to Aryadevi (Aryamba), Shankaracharya's mother, as the place of her cremation. Shankara performed the cremation of his mother after her death. He was assisted by two of the ten Namboothiri families of Kalady. One family, Kappilly Mana, honoured the location with daily lamps for centuries. It was noticing the daily lamp Nadukaveri Sreenivasa Sastrikal, special envoy of Sringeri Math, identified and accepted Kalady as Shankaracharya's birthplace in 1905 .The Raja of Travancore acquired the whole area from Kappilly Mana in 1905 and handed it over to the Sringeri Math which now...