Sringeri Sharada Peetham

Sringeri, on the banks of the Tunga river in the Western Ghats, is home to the first of the four monasteries tradition attributes to Adi Shankara, the Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham, guardian of the south. Since then it has been led by an unbroken line of jagadgurus, the teachers who safeguard the Advaita teaching. The site brings together the temple of the goddess Sharada and the Vidyashankara temple, and the monastery remains a centre for the study of the Vedas and Vedanta. It offers pilgrim accommodation through its portal and publishes temple timings and the history of its lineage on its website.