Chitrapur Math

Shri Chitrapur Math is the central <a href="/facts/Matha/t6QCNUV6">math</a> (community temple) for the <a href="/facts/Chitrapur_Saraswat_Brahmin/G1gUHBDF">Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin</a> sect. It has been located at <a href="/facts/Shirali/CC0pjFRC">Shirali</a> in the <a href="/facts/Bhatkal/2oBXRXEm">Bhatkal</a> Taluk in the <a href="/facts/North_Kanara/ERb7qjAS">North Kanara</a> district of <a href="/facts/Karnataka/NhJAc4t9">Karnataka</a> since 1757. The other maths of the community are located in <a href="/facts/Gokarna,_Karnataka/7aB0Cldl">Gokarna</a>, Karla, <a href="/facts/Mangalore/oqcXEAyV">Mangalore</a> and Mallapur. All of the maths have the insignia of the saffron flag.
The chief deity worshipped in the math is Shri Bhavanishankar, a form of <a href="/facts/Shiva/SaHL5XBS">Shiva</a>. The other 6 sanctorums of the temple are of the <a href="/facts/Sam%C4%81dhi/3C2UUUkN">Samadhis</a> of the previous GuruSwami's of the community. Daily <a href="/facts/Puja_(Hinduism)/KgnhEX6C">puja</a> is carried out at the shrine of Bhavanishankar as well as the other Swamijis.
As of 2023<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chitrapur_Math&action=edit">[update]</a> Shri Sadyojat Shankarashram Swamiji is the head of the math, having ascended the Peetha in February 1997. Shree Sadyojat Shankarashram Swamiji is the eleventh of this lineage of Gurus which began in 1708.

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Chitrapur Math