Information about Govardhana Matha, History, Samudra Arati and How to reach from Puri Railway Station and Jagannath Temple with route Map.
Govardhan Peetham - Sankaracharya Mutt
The Govardhana Matha is a monastery located in the city of Puri in Odisha state (India). It is associated with the Jagannath temple and is one of the four cardinal mathas founded by Adi Shankara in the 8th century CE. |
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The whole of the Eastern part of the Indian subcontinent is considered as the territory of Sri Govardhan Peeth.
This includes the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh till Rajamundry, Odisha, West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, and Uttar Pradesh till Prayag.
The countries Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan are also considered spiritual territory of the math. Puri, Allahabad, Gaya and Varanasi are some of the holy places under this Math.
History of Govardhana Matha
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Padmapadacharya became the first leader of the matha. The matha has historical connections with the Jagannath temple, which is also located in Puri. It is called the Govardhana Matha, and has sub-location called the Sankarananda Math.
Swami Bharati Krishna Tirtha, who was then the leader at the Dvaraka matha, assumed the leadership position at the Govardhana matha in 1925; Shankara Prushottama Tirtha supervised the Matha on his behalf while he visited the Self Realization Fellowship in the USA.
After Bharati attained Mahasamadhi in 1960, Yogeswaranda Tirtha succeeded him who also attained Mahasamadhi a year later in 1961. In 1964, after a "period of uncertainty" Niranjana Deva Tirtha, a disciple named in Bharati's will, was installed by Aghinava Saccindananda Tirtha of Dvarka.
Nirnjana Deva Tirtha became known for his unpopular political views affecting the Hindu people. In 1992, he stepped down after nominating Niscalananda Saraswati as his successor.
Niscalananda Saraswati was born in Darbhanga in 1943, the son of the raj-Pandita of Maharaja of Darabhanga.
He decided to enter sanyasa while being a student in the Tibbia College and spent time studying the shastras at Kashi, Vrindava, Naimisaranya, Shringeri etc. In 1974, he took diksha from Swami Karpatri who gave him name Niscalananda.
On Feb 11, 2018 silver jubilee (25th anniversary) of the pattabhisheka of Swami Nischalananda Saraswati was celebrated in Puri in the presence of chief minister Naveen Patnaik, former Nepal king Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev and Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb of Puri.
A person named Swami Adhokshyananda has sometimes claimed to be the Sankaracharya of Puri. He is known for having been invited by the American Federation of Muslims of India (AFMI) and by Shankersinh Vaghela in 2002.
Samudra Arati
Samudra arati of worship of the sea by disciples of the Matha at Puri.The Samudra arati is a daily tradition started by the present Shankaracharya 9 years ago.
The daily practise includes prayer and fire offering to the sea at Swargadwar in Puri by disciples of the matha.
On Paush Purnima of every year the Shankaracharya himself comes out to offer prayers to the sea.
Location Map of Govardhana Matha
Govardhana Matha is situated at Adi Sankaracharya Peetha Road, Swargadwar Rd, Puri, Odisha 752001.
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