Question

Answer the following questions.

1. Name the saint.
2. Where was he born?
3. Which movement did he begin?
4. Name the four mathas he established.

Answer 1

1. He is Adi Shankaracharya, a great Hindu philosopher and saint.
2. He was born in Kaladi, Kerala.
3. He began the Bhakti movement and spread the philosophy of Advaita Vedanta, which teaches that the soul and God are one.
4. He established four mathas at Sringeri (South), Dwarka (West), Puri (East), and Badrinath (North).