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History. Establishment. Traditional accounts. According to tradition, Sri Adi Shankaracharya, the principal exponent of Advaita Vedanta, established four pithams (dioceses) in India to preserve and propagate Sanatana Dharma and Advaita Vedanta.
Thus the Peetham He founded at Sringeri in South India for fostering the Vedas and the sacred tradition of Sanatana Dharma came to be known as the Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham. The Acharya appointed his prime disciple, Sri Sureshwaracharya as the first Acharya of the Peetham.
Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri, is the foremost peetham established in the 8th century by the incarnation of Lord Shiva and renowned philosopher Bhagavatpada Jagadguru Srimad Adi Shankaracharya.
The Sringeri Sharada Peetham was established in the 8th century CE by Sri Adi Shankaracharya, the founder of Advaita philosophy, as the first of his four monastic centers (amnaya peethams) in the four corners of India.
The Peetham is the first and foremost of the four Peethams established by the renowned 8th century philosopher saint Sri Adi Shankara, the principal exponent of Advaita (non-dualism). The Divinity of Knowledge, Goddess Sharada, installed at Sringeri by Sri Adi Shankara, graces the Peetham as the presiding deity.
Thus the Peetham He founded at Sringeri in South India for fostering the Vedas and the sacred tradition of Sanatana Dharma came to be known as the Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham. The Acharya appointed his prime disciple, Sri Sureshwaracharya as the first Acharya of the Peetham.
Sri Sharada Peetham in Sringeri is the first of the 4 Peethams established by the renowned 8th-century philosopher saint Sri Adi Shankara. This Peetham is dedicated to Goddess Sharadamba, the Goddess of learning and wisdom.
