Shankaracharyas. (788–820) is supposed to have founded
Dashanami Sanyasi ascetics, who are Shiva worshipers (bhakta), in four
locations throughout India: Badrinath, Puri, Shringeri, and Dwaraka.
The Shankaracharya title has been bestowed on the chief monk
at each of these sites as a symbol of his position's importance.
Even though this site is not one of the original four, the
head of the Kamakotipith, an ascetic center in the southern Indian city of
Kanchipuram, has been referred to as a Shankaracharya; this reflects the
Kamakotipith's importance as an ascetic center and Kanchipuram's general status
as a religious center.
Despite the fact that there are five Shankaracharyas
according to this calculation, there are now only four, since Swami
Swaroopanand Saraswati is the seat holder for both Badrinath and Dwaraka.
Swami Nishchalanand (Puri), Swami Bharati Tirtha
(Shringeri), and Swami Jayendra Saraswati are the others in the Shankaracharya
lineage (Kanchipuram).
The Shankara charyas have a high religious status and
reputation as a result of their traditional position, and as a result, they
have become powerful individuals, even in a decentralized religious tradition.
Shankaradigvijaya is a name for a person who lives in
Shankaradigvijaya.
("Victory Tour of Shankara") Although evidence
within the book suggests to creation many centuries later, a written account of
the philosopher Shankaracharya's life has generally been attributed to
fourteenth-century writer Madhavacharya.
The narrative is undoubtedly hagiographical, since it is
replete with fantastic stories designed to extol Shankaracharya's
accomplishments and ultimate identity as Shiva himself.
Shankaracharya goes on a "victory tour"
(digvijaya) around India after obtaining complete enlightenment, according to
this narrative.
During this journey, he goes across the country, discusses
all opponents, and triumphs over them all, proving the dominance of his Advaita
Vedanta philosophical school.
The digvijaya (roughly, "conquest of [all]
directions") motif was popular in works about political and military
leaders, and it has been used to convey a religious tale here.
