Tradition holds that Shankara founded monasteries at the four quarters of India, Sringeri in the south, Puri in the east, Dwarka in the west, and Joshimath in the north; their lineages anchor the Smarta monastic order and teach Advaita to this day.
Tagged: Hindu Smarta Tradition
The Event
- Date
- c. 800 (traditional)
- Era
- Classical; Standard periodization of Hindu history
- Location
- Sringeri, Puri, Dwarka, Joshimath; today India
- Traditions
- Hinduism
- Streams
- Smarta Tradition
- Key figures
- Adi Shankara
Primary Sources
- The mathas' own lineage records
Secondary Sources
- Flood, An Introduction to Hinduism (Cambridge, 1996)
- Michaels, Hinduism: Past and Present (Princeton, 2004)
Provenance: HIST-0314; confidence 0.8; accessed 2026-10-27.
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