Pascimāmnāya Śrī Śāradā Pītham or Dwarka Sharada Math, is one amongst the four cardinal peethams established by the saint

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to preserve and propagate Sanatana Dharma and

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, the doctrine of

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. Located in the city of

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it is the ''pascimāmnāya matha'', or Western Āmnāya PīthamPasricha, Prem C. (1977) The Whole Thing the Real Thing, Delhi Photo Company, p. 59-63 amongst the four Chaturāmnāya Pīthams, with the others being the Sringeri Śāradā pīṭhaṃ (Karnataka) in the South, Purī Govardhanmaṭha Pīṭhaṃ (Odisha) in the East and Badari Jyotirmaṭha Pīṭhaṃ (Uttarakhand) in the North. It is also known as the Kālikā Matha. Their Vedantic mantra or Mahavakya is ''Tattvamasi (That thou art) and'' as per the tradition initiated by Adi Shankara it holds authority over Sama Veda. The head of the matha is called Shankarayacharya, the title derives from

History

# Shri Trivikrama Tirtha was the head of the monastery until 1921 when he was succeeded by Sri Bharati Krishna Tirtha. # Shri Bharati was invited to lead the Puri matha in 1925 after the position had become vacant. # Shri Bharati was succeeded by Shri Swarupananda.

1945 - Present

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. Since Abhinava died in 1982, this peeth has been led by Swami Swarūpānanda SaraswatīUnknown author (5 May 1999) archive
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Advaita Vedanta web page, retrieved 28 August 2012 who is one of the claimants to the position of Shankaracharya of the northern matha called Jyotish Pitha or

Jyotir Math Uttarāmnāya Śrī Jyotish Pītham or Jyotir Math is one amongst the four cardinal pīthams established by the 820 CE philosopher-saint Śrī Ādi Śaṅkara to preserve and propagate Sanātana Dharma and Advaita Vedānta, the doctrine o ...

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Indology
The Jyotirmaṭha Śaṅkarācārya Lineage in the 20th Century, retrieved 4 August 2012 After the death of Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati, who was the Shankracharya of Dwarka Sharad Math,

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was made the Shankaracharya of Dwarka Sharada Math. Swarupananda Saraswati

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1945 - Present

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