SHRIMAD GAUDAPADACHARYA MUTT SAUNSTHAN IS THE ONLY THE OLDEST MUTT IN THE WHOLE OF INDIA HAVING A

LINEAGE OF 77 PONTIFFS. THE PRESENT REIGNING SHRIMAD SHIVANANDA SARASWATHI GAUDAPADACHARYA.

PARAMAGURU SHRIMAD GAUDAPADACHARYA WAS BORN 2629 YEARS AGO IN THE YEAR 618 B.C(499+120+2010=2629). IT
IS HE, WHO WROTEBHASHYAS ONMANDUKYOPANISHAD A TREATISE ON AUM (OMKAR) WHICH IS TREATED AS A GATE
WAY OF INDIAN PHILOSOPHY. IT IS HERE IN ONKARESHWAR RIVER NARMADA GEOGRAPHICALLY CARVED ITSELF AS ISLAND
IN THE FORM OF AUM (ONKAR). IT IS AT ONKARESHWAR IN VAIDURYAMANI PARVATHA (HILL). GAUDAPADACHARYA DID
THAPASYA AND SECURED SIDDHI WHICH PROMPTED HIM TO WRITE SUCH A MASTERPIECE AND OTHER WORKS TO HIS
CREDIT. IT IS HERE ON THE BANKS OF RIVER NARMADA SACRED GAUDAPADA GUFA (CAVE) STILL EXISTS WHERE HE WAS IN
SAMADHI STHAN . IT IS HERE IN THIS CAVE GOVINDA BHAGAVATPADA OUR SECOND YATHI GAVE ONLY SANYASA DEEKSHA
TO SHANKARA WITH A TITLE ACHARAYA IN THE YEAR 499 B.C. ( GAUDAPADA WAS 120 YEARS OLD WHEN SHANKARA MET
HIM THERE ). IT IS HERE IN THIS CAVE, GOVINDA BHAGAVATPADA GOT SHIVAIKHYA ON KARTIK POORNIMA DAY IN
PLAVANGA SAMVATSAR IN 492 B.C. IT IS HERE. ADJASCENT TO THIS CAVE OVER THE SAMADHI OF GOVINDA BHAGAVATPADA
THE TEMPLE ONKARESHWAR WAS BUILT BY HARSHA VIKRAMADITYA IN THE SAME YEAR . OVER 150000 PILGRIMS GATHER
HERE ON THIS KARTHIK POORNIMA DAY EVERY YEAR. ONKARESHWAR - MAMALESHWAR IS ONE OF THE DWADASHA
JYOTHIRLINGAS. GOVINDA BHAGAVATHPADA AND PATHANJALI ARE IDENTICAL AND THE SAME ONE PERSON. IT IS
PATHANJALI ASSUMED ( INCARNATED} THE NAME OF GOVINDA YOGI ( BHAGAVATHPADA) AT THE TIME OF HIS INITIATION BY
GAUDAPADA ( HPB COLLECTED WRITINGS VOL 5 PAGE 192 / 193 ) . PATHANJALI GUFA ( CAVE ) IS THERE STILL EXISTS JUST
AT A DISTANCE OF 300 FEET FROM ONKARESHWAR TEMPLE ( TAPOBHOOMI ONKA.IN BENGALI ) HENCE ONKARESHWAR IS
THE HOLYEST PILGRIM CENTRE TO ALL SARASWATHS AND SHISHYAS OF GAUDAPADACHARYA PEETHAM. SWAMY
VIVARANANANDA SARASWATHI GAUDAPADACHARYA THE PATTA SHISHYA OF GOVINDA BHAGAVATHPADA THE THIRD YATHI IN
THIS PEETHAM LINEAGE.
SALUTATIONS/ GURUVANDANA OF SHANKARA TO GAUDAPADA I PROSTRATE MYSELF AT THE FEET OF THE TEACHER OF MY
TEACHER THE MOST ADORED AMONG THE ADORABLE WHO OUT OF SHEER COMPASSION FOR THE BEINGS DROWNED IN THE
DEEP OCEAN OF THE WORLD INFESTED BY THE TERRIBLE SHARKS OF INCESSANT BIRTHS AND DEATHS THAT RESCUED FOR
THE BENEFIT OF ALL THIS NECTAR HARDLY ATTAINABLE EVEN BY IMMORTALS FROM THE INMOST DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN OF
THE VEDAS BY CHURNING IT WITH THE ROD OF HIS ILLUMINED WISDOM.
SALUTATIONS/ GURUVANDANA OF SHANKARA TO GOVINDA BHAGAVATHPADA I MAKE OBEISANCE WITH MY WHOLE BEING
TO THOSE HOLY FEET - THE DISPELLERS OF THE FEAR OF CHAIN OF BIRTH AND DEATHS - OF MY OWN GREAT TEACHER WHO
THROUGH THE LIGHT OF HIS ILLUMINED WISDOM DESTROYED THE DARKNESS OF DELUSION ENVELOPING MY MIND; WHO
PUT AN END FOR EVER TO MY APPEARANCE AND DISAPPEARANCE IN THIS TERRIBLE OCEAN OF INNUMERABLE BIRTHS AND
DEATHS; AND WHO ENABLES ALL OTHERS TOO THAT TAKE SHELTER AT HIS FEET TO ATTAIN UNFAILING KNOWLEDGE OF THE
SCRIPTURES PEACE AND THE STATE OF PERFECT NON --DIFFERENTIATION. WORKS ATTRIBUTED TO GAUDAPADA . 1.
.MANDUKYOPANISHAD 2. UTTARGEETHA VYAKHYA 3.PANCHIKARANA VARTHIKA 4 .NRISIMHA TAPANIYA BHASHYA 5.
ANUGITHA BHASHYA 6. SHRI VIDYARATHNA SUTHRA 7. DURGA SAPTHA SHATHI VYAKHYA 8. SANKHYA KARIKA 9.
SAMAYACHARA SUTHRA 10. SUBHAGODAYA . AND SO ON... WORKS ATTRIBUTED TO GOVINDAPADA 1 YOGA TARAVALI 2.
ADVAITHANUBHUTHI 3 .BRAHMAMRITHA VARSHINI 4. RASAHRADAYAM. (.SPONTANEOUS ORAL TEACHINGS OF GAUDAPADA
AND GOVINDAPADA ARE NOT ATTRIBUTED TO THEM IN THE ABSENCE OF EVIDENCES) GAUDAPADA HAD WRITTEN
COMMENTARIES ON HINDU PHILOSOPHY AND VEDANTHA------WAS CONSIDERED TO BE THE GREATEST AUTHORITY EVEN BY
HIS CONTEMPORARIES. . SANKHYA KARIKAS OF GAUDAPADA WERE OF SO MUCH OF IMPACT SO MUCH SO THAT IT WAS
TRANSLATED IN TO CHINESE LANGUAGE BY ONE BOUDDHA BHIKSHU PARAMARTHA AS EARLY AS DURING THE REIGN OF
CHANG DYNASTY. TO BE MORE SPECIFIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RECORDS OF MAJORITY OF SHANKARA MUTTS AND
OTHER EVIDENCES THE DATE OF BIRTH OF SHANKARA IS AS UNIVERSALLY SCHOLARS ACCEPTED : NANDANA SAMVATSAR
VAISHAKHA SHUKLA PANCHAMI BHASKARA VASARE PUNARVASU STAR THE SUNDAY 3rd APRIL 509 B.C. WHICH PERFECTLY
TALLIES WITH THE DATE ASSIGNED IN BRIHAT SHANKARA VIJAYA OF CHITSUKHACHARYA THE LIFE TIME COMPANION OF
SHANKARA .
KANCHI SRI JAYENDRA SARASWATHI s STATEMENT: Adi Sankara birthdate row ends
Author: PTI
Publication: The Telegraph
Date: January 21, 2003
URL: http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030121/asp/nation/story_1593957.asp
Putting an end to controversy, sankaracharyas across the country today unanimously accepted April 3, 509 BC as Adi Sankaras
exact date of birth.
Sankaracharyas of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, Dwarka Jyotirmath, Badrinath Govardhanpeeth and Puri unanimously accepted
the date and said there was no need for debate on the subject.
WHEREVER YOU GO, BE A SAARASWATH. BE PROUD FOR BEING A SARASWATH.
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