- Swarnavalli Mutt
Adi Shankaracharya established 4 Maths in the four cardinal directions of Bharat Varsha. Those are Sri Dwaraka Peetham, Sri Sharada Peetham at Sringeri Karnataka, Sri Jyotirmatha Peetham at Badarikashram in North and Sri Govardhan Peetham in Jagannatha Puri at East. Later the Shankaracharyas of these Maths during their Vijaya Yatras established several Branch Mathas or Shakha Maths at various places to make Dharmic Education easily accessible to local people and to make accommodation facilities for the wandering Monks. Many such branch maths exist in India. The heads of these maths are called "Mathadhipatis" or " Sri Shishya Swamis".Swarnavalli Mutt is one of the two Mutts within the
Havyaka Brahmin Community (the other isRamachandrapura Math ).It is in a place called Swarnavalli (or Honnalli as it is called inKannada ), inUttara Kannada . It is located 13km away fromSirsi which is the nearest town andtaluk headquarters.The Swarnavalli Mutt is presently headed by Shri Gangadharendra Saraswathi Swamiji.The Mutt has got 16 seemas (Areas) as a gift from the
Swadi Maharaja .
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