Jagadguru of Sringeri Sharada Peetham
The list of Jagadgurus given here, is as taken from the official site of the Sringeri maţha[1]. The dates refer to the period during which the maţha was governed by that particular guru.
Divine Group
Semi-Divine Group
Jagadgurus
- Sri Shankara Bhagavatpada (? - 820) (videha-mukti)
- Sri Sureshwaracharya (820-834)
- Sri Nityabodaghana (834-848)
- Sri Jnanaghana (848-910)
- Sri Jnanotthma (910-954 )
- Sri Jnanagiri (954-1038)
- Sri Simhagiri (1038-1098 )
- Sri Ishwara Tirtha (1098-1146)
- Sri Nrusimha Tirtha (1146-1229 )
- Sri Vidya Shankara Tirtha (1229-1333)
- Sri Bharati Krishna Tirtha (1333-1380)
- Sri Vidyaranya (1380-1386 )
- Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati I (1386-1389 )
- Sri Nrusimha Bharati I (1389-1408 )
- Sri Purushotthama Bharati I](1408-1448 )
- Sri Shankara Bharati (1448-1455 )
- Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati II (1455-1464 )
- Sri Nrusimha Bharati II (1464-1479 )
- Sri Purushotthama Bharati II (1479-1517 )
- Sri Ramachandra Bharati (1517-1560 )
- Sri Nrusimha Bharati III (1560-1573 )
- Sri Nrusimha Bharati IV (1573-1576 )
- Sri Nrusimha Bharati V (1576-1600 )
- Sri Abhinava Nrusimha Bharati (1600-1623 )
- Sri Sacchidananda Bharati I (1623-1663 )
- Sri Nrusimha Bharati VI (1663-1706 )
- Sri Sacchidananda Bharati II (1706-1741 )
- Sri Abhinava Sacchidananda Bharati I (1741-1767)
- Sri Nrusimha Bharati VII (1767-1770 )
- Sri Sacchidananda Bharati III (1770-1814)
- Sri Abhinava Sacchidananda Bharati II (1814-1817 )
- Sri Nrusimha Bharati VIII (1817-1879 )
- Sri Sacchidananda Shivabhinava Nrusimha Bharati (1879-1912 )
- Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati III (1912-1954 )
- Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha (1954-1989 )
- Sri Bharati Tirtha (1989-Present)
Other titles of the Jagadguru
Some of the other respectful titles given to the Jagadguru include:
- Swaminah
- Mahaswami
- Jagadguru Shankaracharya
See also
Further reading
- Sri Sringeri Sharada Peetham- The official website of Sri Sri Jagadguru Shankaracharya Mahasamsthanam, Dakshninamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri
- Jagadgurus- Contains biographies of the last four Jagadgurus of the Sharda Peetham
- Sri Sachchidananda Bharati - 25th Pontiff at Sringeri- (ENGLISH edition 1967) By R Krishnaswami Iyer (Swami Gnanananda Bharati) - Published by The Akhila Bharata Sankara Seva Samiti, Coimbatore Branch, 1967