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Jyotirmath
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'''Jyotirmath''', also called ''Jyotir Math'' and ''Joshimath'', is a place and a
matha in
Uttaranchal,
India in the Himalayas. It is the original ''uttarāmnāya maṭha'' or northern monastry, one of the four cardinal ''pītha''s established by
Adi Sankara, the others being those at
Sringeri,
Puri, Orissa Puri and
Dwarka Dwaraka. Its head is usually called the
Shankaracharya. According to the tradition initiated by Adi Shankara, this matha is in charge of the
Atharva Veda.
As it is close to the pilgrimage town of
Badrinath, and the matha has not always been active, it is sometimes incorrectly said that the original northern matha was at
Badrinath.
In its most recent history, the Jyotirmath became inactive in the early 19th century. The formal occupation of the matha was restarted with the aid of the heads of some of the other mathas from about
1940 onward. However, there is an unresolved controversy over the succession to the headship of Jyotirmath. The best known of the claimants to be the current head or Shankaracharya is Svarūpānanda Sarasvatī who is also head of the
Dwaraka matha.
References
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''Photos of Shankaracharya Swami Brahmanand Saraswati'' Shri Jyotishpeethodwarak Brahmleen Jagadguru Bhagwan Shankaracharya Shrimad Swami Brahmanand Saraswatiji Maharaj of Jyotirmath, Badrikashram
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Shankaracharya Upadesh Amrita'' 108 Hindi quotations of Shankaracharya Swami Brahmanand Saraswati
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(Droplets of Nectar)''
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of 30 short quotations of Shankaracharya Swami Brahmanand Saraswati translated into English language'' Booklet of Quotations
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''The Jyotirmath Sankaracharya Lineage in the 20th Century'' About Shri Gurudev Ji
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of 'Guru Dev' Swami Brahmananda Saraswati Ji'' Complete list of quotations of Shri Jyotishpeethodwarak Brahmleen Jagadguru Bhagwan Shankaracharya Shrimad Swami Brahmanand Saraswatiji Maharaj of Jyotirmath, Badrikashram
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''Quotations of Guru Dev'' Quotations of 'Guru Dev' Swami Brahmananda Saraswati Ji.
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of Maharishi Vedic and Ayur-Veda Universities'' Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
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''Jyotirmath Sankaracharya Lineage in the 20th Century.''
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''An account of the four amnaya mathas'' An account of the four amnaya mathas, and the ''Dashanamī parampāra''.
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