Dwarka Sharada Peetham

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'''Pascimāmnāya''' '''Śrī Śāradā Pītham''' or Dwarka Sharada Math,{{sfn|nn|1964|p=12}}{{refn|group=note|name="Saradha"|Dvaraka Peeth, located in the west, and [[:Sringeri Sharada Peetham]], located in the south, are both called "Sharada Peeth".{{sfn|Singh|Mishra|2010|p=322}} }} is one amongst the four cardinal [[Matha|peethams]] established by the saint [[Adi Shankara]] to preserve and propagate [[Sanatana dharma|Sanatana Dharma]] and [[Advaita Vedanta]], the doctrine of [[Nondualism|non-dualism]]. Located in the city of [[Dwarka|Dwaraka]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]] it is the ''pascimāmnāya matha'', or Western Āmnāya Pītham<ref name="Real Thing">Pasricha, Prem C. (1977) The Whole Thing the Real Thing, Delhi Photo Company, p. 59-63</ref> amongst the four Chaturāmnāya Pīthams, with the others being the [[Sringeri Sharada Peetham|Sringeri Śārada Pīṭhaṃ]] (Karnataka) in the South, [[Govardhan Math|Purī Govardhanmaṭha Pīṭhaṃ]] (Odisha) in the East and [[Jyotir Math|Badari Jyotirmaṭha Pīṭhaṃ]] (Uttarakhand) in the North. It is also known as the Kālikā Matha.<ref>{{cite book|author=Nirmala Ramachandran|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Z_XAAAAMAAJ|title=Hindu Heritage, Volume 1|publisher=Stamford Lake Publication|year=2000|page=101|isbn = 9789558156438|quote=They are Jyotir-math at Badarinath, Kalika peetham at Dwarka, Govardhana peetham at Jagganath Puri, Sarada peetham at Sringeri and the Kamakoti peetham at Kanchi. Adi Shankara was the greatest exponent of the Advaita philosophy.}}</ref> Their Vedantic mantra or [[Mahāvākyas|Mahavakya]] is ''Tattvamasi (That thou art) and'' as per the tradition initiated by Adi Shankara it holds authority over [[Sama Veda]].

{{Infobox organization
| name = Dwarka Sharada Peetham Math
| image =
| caption = Dwaraka Math Temple
| logo = Dwarka Sharada Math logo.png
| logo_caption = Dwarka Sharda Peeth logo
| motto = Tattvamasi (That thou art)
| formation = 461 AD
| founder = [[Adi Shankara]]
| type = Religious
| location = [[Dwarka]], Gujrat, India
| leader_title = First Shankaracharya
| leader_name = [[Hastamalakacharya]]
| leader_title2 = Present Shankaracharya
| leader_name2 = [[Swaroopanand Saraswati]]
| website = http://www.shrisharadapeetham.org/
}}
[[File:Swarupananda Saraswati.JPG|thumb|H.H. Swami Swarupananda Saraswati, The Shankaracharya of Dwarka Sharda Peetham Math]]

==History==
# Shri Trivikrama Tirtha was the head of the monastery until 1921 when he was succeeded by Sri Bharati Krishna Tirtha.{{fact|date=June 2020}}
# Shri Bharati was invited to lead the Puri matha in 1925 after the position had become vacant.{{fact|date=June 2020}}
# Shri Bharati was succeeded by Shri Swarupananda.{{fact|date=June 2020}}

==1945==
In 1945, Shri Abhinava Saccidananda Tirtha was nominated to the position. Before assuming his position at Dvaraka, Abhinava was the head of the Mulabagal matha in Karnataka, which was the 17th century branch of the Dvaraka matha. As a result, the cumulative lineage of Mulabagal matha was merged with Dvaraka when Abhinava took office there. Years later Shri Saccidananda helped to mediate the Shankarcharya successions at Puri and Jyotir Math.<ref name="Advaita Vedanta"/>
Since Abhinava died in 1982, this peeth has been led by [[Swaroopanand Saraswati|Swami Swarūpānanda Saraswatī]]<ref name="Advaita Vedanta">Unknown author (5 May 1999) archived [https://web.archive.org/web/20110706131203/http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/avhp/ad-today.html here]. Accessed: 2012-08-30. or [https://web.archive.org/web/20000823031922/http://www.advaita-vedanta.org:80/avhp/ad-today.html here%5D The Monastic Tradition] Advaita Vedanta web page, retrieved 28 August 2012</ref><ref>Author unknown (2008) [http://jagadgurushankaracharya.org/ Swami Swarupananda Saraswati bio] Web site of Swami [[Swaroopanand Saraswati|Swarupananda Saraswati]], retrieved 4 August 2012</ref> who is one of the claimants to the position of Shankaracharya of the northern matha called Jyotir Pitha or [[Jyotir Math]].<ref name="Indology">Unknown author (2005) [http://indology.info/papers/sundaresan Indology] The Jyotirmaṭha Śaṅkarācārya Lineage in the 20th Century, retrieved 4 August 2012</ref>

==See also==
* [[Adi Shankara]]
* [[Shankaracharya]]
*[[Govardhana matha|Govardhan Peetham (East), Puri, Odisha]]
*[[Jyotir Math|Jyotirmath Peetham (North), Jyotirmath, Badrikashram, Uttarakhand]]
*[[Sringeri Sharada Peetham|Sringeri Sharada Peetham (South), Sringeri, Karnataka]]
*[[Kalady|Kalady, Kerala - the holy birthplace of Jagadguru Adi Shankaracharya]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==Sources==
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* {{Citation | last =nn | year =1964 | title =Śāradā pīṭha pradīpa, Volumes 4-6 | publisher =Indological Research Institute, Dwārka | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=kV45AAAAIAAJ&dq=dwarka+temple+destroyed&q=dwarka+temple+destroyed}}
* {{Citation | last1 =Singh | first1 =N.K. | last2 =Mishra |first2=A.P. | year =2010 | title =Global Encyclopaedia of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 | publisher =Global Vision Publishing House | isbn =9788182202948 | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=U7xOAQAAIAAJ&q=%22sharada+matha%22+dwarka&dq=%22sharada+matha%22+dwarka}}
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