Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham
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Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, also called the Sri Kanchi Matham or the Moolamnaya Sarvagnya Peetham,[web 1] is a Hindu institution, located in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu. It is located near the Kamakshi Amman Temple of the Shaktism tradition, along with a shrine for the Advaita Vedanta teacher Adi Shankara.[1]
Type | Religious |
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Location |
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First Jagadguru | Adi Shankara |
Present Jagadguru | Vijayendra Saraswati Swamigal |
Affiliations | Hinduism |
Website | www |
The matha-tradition attributes its founding to Adi Shankara, but this and the reliability of the matha's succession list has been questioned.[2][3] According to the Sri Kanchi math tradition, the matha was founded at Kanchipuram, and shifted south to the temple city of Kumbakonam in the mid-18th century due to the on-going wars, when there was warfare in the region, and returned to Kanchipuram in the 19th century.[4] Historically, the Kanchi Math was originally established as the Kumbakonam Mutt in 1821 as a branch of the Sringeri Mutt, and became involved with the Kamakshi temple in Kanchipuram in 1839, "set[ing] up shop in Kanchipuram at the turn of the last [19th] century."[web 2]
The matha is a living tradition, that continues to pursue spiritual scholarship in contemporary times.[5] Since February 2018, the institution has been led by Vijayendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya Swamigal.[web 3]