Sringeri through time
Now Sringeri, Chikkamagaluru district, Karnataka
Theme 12f · 600 to 1317 CE
Bhakti in the south and beyond
Shankaracharya's matha in the south
Theme M4 · 1070 to 1323 CE
South India before the Sultanate: the last Cholas, Hoysalas, Pandyas and Kakatiyas
Shankaracharya's primary matha, in the south
Theme M6 · 1336 to 1646 CE
Vidyaranya became head of the Sringeri matha only around 1380, some forty years after the foundation; the conversion legend rests partly on late Sringeri tradition