HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Madhvacharya
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Ramanujacharya
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Shankaracharya
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Bhaskaracharya
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Detailed explanation-1: -The first mathas were founded by the great teacher Shankara in the 8th century ce.
Detailed explanation-2: -He established four major mathas in different regions of India-Badrinath, Dwarka, Puri, Sringeri. He established them to propagate the philosophy of advaita vedanta and to promulgate the concept of Sanatana dharma. Was this answer helpful?
Detailed explanation-3: -UPSC Mains Notes: Adi Shankaracharya was a religious leader who propounded the philosophy of Advaita. He established four Mathas, Jyotiramatha in Badrinath, Uttarakhand, Sharadapitha in Dwarika, Gujarat, and Shringerimatha in Karnataka and Govardhanamatha in Puri, Odisha.
Detailed explanation-4: -1 Answer. (a) Sankaracharya founded the four Mathas in the four corners of India. Shankara was born at Kaladi in Kerala as a result of austerities and earnest prayers of his childless parents to Lord Shiva.
Detailed explanation-5: -Govardhan in the East, Dwarka in the West, Jyotirmath (Jyotirpeeth) in the North and Sringeri in the South.