Gaudapadacharya Math

Shri Gaudapadacharya Math , also known as Kavaḷē maṭha (कवळे मठ), located in <a href="/facts/Kavale/uBEmjKRY">Kavale</a>, <a href="/facts/Ponda_taluk/PQ6pXgMU">Ponda</a>, <a href="/facts/Goa/KKXvbLSS">Goa</a>, is the oldest <a href="/facts/Matha/t6QCNUV6">matha</a> of the <a href="/facts/Smartha/xdF0aWUd">Smarthan</a> Saraswat Brahman Samaj. It was founded by <a href="/facts/Gaudapada/PodAVfas">Gauḍapāda</a> around 740 AD, whose student was <a href="/facts/Govinda_Bhagavatpada/e7h3bT2c">Govinda Bhagavatpada</a>, the <a href="/facts/Guru/FEoxB7Le">guru</a> of <a href="/facts/Adi_Shankara/QU5pCWV6">Adi Shankara</a>, a highly influential figure in Hinduism. There is also a belief that Gauḍapāda himself established the Shri Gaudapadacharya matha when he lived in Gomantak (Goa). Thus, the matha came to be known as Shri Saunstan Gaudapadacharya matha. Unlike other mathas, Shri Gaudapadacharya matha is not a polemical center established to influence the faith of all Hindus, its jurisdiction is limited to only Dakshinatya Saraswat Brahmins. The <a href="/facts/Peetadhipathi/t6QCNUV6">Peetadhipathi</a> "head monk" is Śrī Gauḍapadācārya. <a href="/facts/Smartism/xdF0aWUd">Smartist</a> <a href="/facts/Goud_Saraswat_Brahmin/2rl0eRVt">Goud Saraswat Brahman Samaj</a> and <a href="/facts/Rajapur_Saraswat_Brahmin/py1xB4CL">Rajapur Saraswat Brahmin</a> are its main disciples.

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Gaudapadacharya Math