The Dwaraka pīţha or Dwaraka maţha is situated in the coastal city of Dwaraka

Dwarka

Dwarka also spelled Dvarka, Dwaraka, and Dvaraka, is a city and a municipality of Jamnagar district in the Gujarat state in India. Dwarka , also known as Dwarawati in Sanskrit literature is rated as one of the seven most ancient cities in the country...

, Gujarat — which itself is a popular destination of pilgrimage for the Hindus, dedicated to Krishna

Krishna

Krishna is a central figure of Hinduism and is traditionally attributed the authorship of the Bhagavad Gita. He is the supreme Being and considered in some monotheistic traditions as an Avatar of Vishnu...

. It is one of the four cardinal matha

Matha

A matha ) is a term for monastic and similar religious establishments of Hinduism and Jainism. A matha is usually more formal, hierarchical, and rule-based than an ashram.-Advaita Mathas:...

s said to have been founded by Adi Sankaracarya, and is the pascimāmnāya matha, or western matha. It is also known as the Kālikā Matha, and, as per the tradition initiated by Adi Shankara, is in charge of the Sama Veda.

The current head or Shankaracharya

Shankaracharya

Shankaracharya, is a commonly used title of heads of mathas in the Advaita Vedanta tradition. The title derives from Adi Shankara, a 9th century CE reformer of Hinduism. He is honored as Jagadguru, a title that was used earlier only to Lord Krishna...

 of this order is Swami Svarūpānanda Sarasvatī, who is also the head of the corresponding northern matha at Jyotirmath

Jyotirmath

Jyotirmath , also called Jyotir Math and Joshimath , is a city and a municipal board in Chamoli District in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is home to one of the four cardinal pīthas established by Adi Shankara.-Demographics:...

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See also

• Shri Gaudapadacharya Mutt
• Adi Shri Gauḍapādāchārya
  Gaudapada
  Gaudapada was a very early guru in the tradition of Advaita Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy...
  
  
• Shri Govinda Bhagavatpadacharya
  Govinda Bhagavatpada
  .Govinda Bhagavatpada was the Guru of the Advaita philosopher, Adi Shankara. We know little of his life and works, except that he is mentioned in all the traditional accounts as the teacher of Adi Shankara. He was the disciple of Gaudapada . He is mentioned in the first verse of Adi Shankara's...
  
  
• Adi Shri Shankaracharya
  Adi Shankara
  Adi Shankara Adi Shankara Adi Shankara (IAST: pronounced , (Sanskrit: , ) (788 CE - 820 CE), also known as ' and ' was an Indian philosopher from Kalady of present day Kerala who consolidated the doctrine of advaita vedānta...
  
  
• Mandukya Upanishad
  Mandukya Upanishad
  The Mandukya Upanishad is the shortest of the Upanishads – the scriptures of Hindu Vedanta. It is in prose, consisting of twelve verses expounding the mystic syllable Aum, the three psychological states of waking, dreaming and sleeping, and the transcendent fourth state of illumination.This...
  
  
• Advaita