Who founded four mathas in the four comers of India?
Shankara was said to have established four mathas at strategic factors in India as bulwarks for Hindu missionary endeavor and as centres for the 10 religious orders of his group: the Govardhana Matha in Puri on the east coast for the Aranya and Vana orders; the Jyotih Matha, close to Badrinath in the Himalayas, for the Giri ...
