Who is Shankaracharya: Preparations are in full swing for the Ram Mandir Inauguration (Pran Pratishtha program) of Ram temple to be held on 22 January. Meanwhile, news has come out that some Shakanracharyas will not participate in this program. But do you know who Shankaracharya is and how important he is in the Hindu religion. Let us tell you.
Four Shankaracharyas are currently in the news. Three of these Shankaracharyas say that we are neither against the Ram Mandir program nor against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, just that the Pran Pratishtha ceremony is not being conducted as per Hindu scriptures.
Just as the Supreme Court has the final authority to interpret the Constitution, in the same way Shankaracharya is the supreme guru in Hindu religion and for interpreting Hindu scriptures. There are four Shankaracharyas in four monasteries in India.
If we talk about the history of the post of Shankaracharya, it is considered to have started from Adi Shankaracharya. Adi Shankaracharya was a Hindu philosopher and religious leader. Adi Shankaracharya was born in a village in Kerala. He is also known as Jagadguru.
It is very important for a person to hold the post of Shankaracharya to have knowledge of Tyagi, Dandi Sanyasi, Sanskrit, Chaturveda, Vedanta Brahmin, Brahmachari and Puranas. Apart from this, this person should not be associated with politics. Not only this, all the four Dhams were also established by Adi Shankar.
Adi Shankaracharya Biography
Shankar Acharya was born in 788 AD in Kerala or ‘Kashal’ Was born in a village named. His father’s name was Shivguru Bhatt, mother’s name was Ayamba. After worshiping his consort Shiva for a long time, Shivguru got a son-gem, hence he named him Shankar. When he was only three years old his father died. He was very intelligent and talented. He became a great scholar at the age of six and took sannyasa at the age of eight. The story of the time of his retirement is very strange. It is said that the mother did not allow her only son to become a monk. Then one day a crocodile caught hold of Shankaracharyaji’s leg on the river bank, then taking advantage of this time Shankaracharyaji said to his mother ” Mother, please allow me to become a Sanyasi, otherwise the crocodile will eat me “, being frightened by this, the Mother immediately ordered him to become a Sanyasi; And surprisingly, as soon as the mother ordered, the crocodile immediately left Shankaracharya’s leg. And he took sannyasa from Govind Nath.
First he stayed in Kashi for a few days, and then he married Mandan Mishra in the Talvan of Vigilbindu. 3>Defeated in debate. He traveled all over India and proved Buddhism to be false and revived the Vedic religion. Some Buddhists also consider him their enemy, because he re-established the Vedic religion by defeating the Buddhists many times in debates.
At the young age of 32 years, in Samvat 800 AD he went to shivlok near Kedarnath.
