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Sringeri

Also called: Rishyasringagiri, Shringeri

The town on the Tunga in Karnataka where Shankara founded his southern seat and the temple of Sharadamba (Saraswati). Tradition says he chose it on seeing a cobra shade a frog about to spawn from the noon sun; his sandalwood image of the goddess was replaced by Vidyaranya's gold one in the fourteenth century.

Sources: Sringeri Sharadamba Temple (Wikipedia); Madhaviya Shankara Digvijaya, Sringeri's abridged English rendering, parts 3 and 9, as posted on the advaita-l list (2017); Tungabhadra to Teetwal: Devi Sharada's journey to Kashmir (Swarajya, 2023) · see Sringeri's web

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Sringeri home of

Saraswati (Consort) Smarta · The judge who was Saraswati: Ubhaya Bharati, Shankara and the two Sharadas
As Sharadamba, in the temple Shankara promised her.

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The judge who was Saraswati: Ubhaya Bharati, Shankara and the two Sharadas
Legend · 3 tellings

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Sringeri Sharadamba Temple (Wikipedia) Encyclopedia
Madhaviya Shankara Digvijaya, Sringeri's abridged English rendering, parts 3 and 9, as posted on the advaita-l list (2017) § part-9 Primary text (translation)
Tungabhadra to Teetwal: Devi Sharada's journey to Kashmir (Swarajya, 2023) Oral