Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham

rdf:langString Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham

rdf:langString Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham

rdf:langString Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham

rdf:langString Entrance tower of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam monastery

rdf:langString Adi Shankara

rdf:langString First Jagadguru

rdf:langString Present Jagadguru

rdf:langString Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India

rdf:langString Religious

rdf:langString Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, also called the Sri Kanchi Matham or the Sri Kanchi Monastery or the Sarvagna Peetha, is a Hindu institution, located in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu. It is located near a temple dedicated to Goddess Sri Kamakshi (Durga, Kamakoti, Maha Tripurasundari) of the Shaktism tradition, along with a shrine for the Advaita Vedanta teacher Adi Shankara. The matha-tradition attributes its founding to Adi Shankara, but this and the reliability of the matha's succession list has been questioned. The Kanchi Math was originally established as the Kumbakonam Mutt in 1821 as a branch of the Sringeri Mutt, and later became involved with the Kamakshi temple in Kanchipuram. According to the Sri Kanchi math tradition, the matha was founded at Kanchipuram, and shifted south to the temple city of Kumbakonam in mid-18th-century due to the on-going wars, when there was warfare in the region, and returned to Kanchipuram in the 19th century. The matha is a living tradition, that continues to pursue spiritual scholarship in contemporary times. The head of the matha is referred to as a "Acharya" or "Sankaracharya". Since February 2018, the institution has been led by Vijayendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya Swamigal.