Apart from the Kedarnath temple, the pilgrimage site of Kedarnath also features many more small temples and awesome natural beauty. The serene beauty of the mountain peaks including the greenery are the main attractions of the Kedarnath. With all these attractions, Kedarnath is considered as a real heaven on the earth. Among all the popular pilgrimage and tourist sites of Kedarnath, the Shankaracharya Samadhi is a famous one.
Shankaracharya Samadhi is a most visited place in Kedarnath. Tourists also considered this site as a historical pilgrimage site. Shankaracharya Samadhi is the samadhi of Adi Shankaracharya. The samadhi of Shankaracharya is placed just behind the historical Kedarnath temple. It is a beautiful and calm place situated in the vicinity of the Kedarnath temple. According to the historical as well as mythical facts, it is said that, after founding all the four sacred Dhams in India, Adi Shankaracharya went into this samadhi place. In this time, Shankaracharya was only 32 years old.
Adi Shankaracharya was the renowned ancient Advaita philosopher. He was born in Kalady village of Kerala, India. Being the student of Govinda Bhagavatpada, Adi Shankaracharya was a preeminent name in the Indian philosophical thoughts. History tells that, once Adi Shankara visited India with the intension of spreading his philosophical thoughts to different parts of India by discussions and arguments with many other famous philosophers of that time. Adi Shankaracharya grounded four 'mathas' or monasteries.
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