Adi Shankaracharya Early signs of genius Even before Shankaracharya turned a year old, he would sit on his father’s lap and listen to him recite verses from the scriptures.

Shankara died at the young age of 32 in the Himalayan region. The story goes that his father, on being given a choice by the gods, wanted a great son with a short lifespan, rather than an ordinary ...

Adi Shankaracharya is believed to have lost his father, Shivaguru, at a young age. He renounced the world and turned a sanyasi against his mother’s wish and studied under Govinda, who was a ...

His father was Pandit Sri Lalvamshi Jha and his mother was Smt Gita Devi. ... one of the four cardinal peeths established by the revered philosopher and theologian Adi Shankara in the 8th century.

Adi Shankaracharya was born on this day 1237 years ago. In Hinduism, he is referred to as the Indian Guru. ... His father was Sivaguru, and his mother was Aryamba.

Fact and legend both indicate that Shankara visited Kashmir, which was the locus of a specific kind of Shaivite philosophy ...

A portrait of Adi Shankaracharya, a revered philosopher and theologian, who aimed to provide a coherent, single reading of Hindu scriptures. Show more Is that a snake or a coiled rope ...

Filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker is all set to come up with a new film titled 'Shankar'. The film will bring the life and wisdom of 8th-century Vedic scholar and teacher, Adi Shankaracharya, to the ...

Kaldi is a small Keralan town where Adi Shankaracharya was born. His father was Sivaguru, and his mother was Aryamba. In Indian mythology, he is considered to be among the greatest Gurus and thinkers.