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Frequently Asked Questions
First Online: November 28,2007
Page Last Updated: December 22,2007
What is the genealogy of the Shankaracharyas?
Adi Shankkaracharya established four mathas in four corners of India. They are at
Sringeri in South referred to as Adimath (Original Math), at Puri (East), at Dwaraka (West) and
Srinagar (North). The first guru was Shankaracharya himself.
Next came Sureshwaracharya, Nityabodha Ghanacharya followed and Jnana ghanacharya followed him. There is a long
genealogy of gurus of Sringeri Math who are referred to as Jagadgurus (Preceptors of the Universe)
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