Jagadguru of Sringeri Sharada Peetham

The list of Jagadgurus of Sringeri Sharada Peetha given here, is as taken from the official site of the Sringeri maţha. The dates refer to the period during which the maţha was governed by that particular guru.

Divine Group

• Lord Sadashiva (सदाशिवः)
• Lord Narayana (विष्णुः / नारायणः)
• Lord Brahma (ब्रह्मा)

Semi-Divine Group

• Vasishta Maharishi
• Shakti Maharishi
• Parashara Maharishi
• Veda Vyasa
• Sri Shuka Acharya
• Sri Gaudapada Acharya
• Sri Govinda Bhagavatpada
• Sri Shankara Bhagavatpada

Jagadgurus

1. Sri Shankara Bhagavatpada (? - 820) (videha-mukti)
2. Sri Sureshwaracharya (820-834)(14)
3. Sri Nityabodaghana (834-848)(14)
4. Sri Jnanaghana (848-910) (62)
5. Sri Jnanotthma (910-954 )(44)
6. Sri Jnanagiri (954-1038)
7. Sri Simhagiri (1038-1098 )
8. Sri Ishwara Tirtha (1098-1146)
9. Sri Nrusimha Tirtha (1146-1229 )
10. Sri Vidya Shankara Tirtha (1229-1333)
11. Sri Bharati Krishna Tirtha (1333-1380)
12. Sri Vidyaranya (1380-1386 )
13. Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati I (1386-1389 )
14. Sri Nrusimha Bharati I (1389-1408 )
15. Sri Purushotthama Bharati I](1408-1448 )
16. Sri Shankara Bharati (1448-1455 )
17. Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati II (1455-1464 )
18. Sri Nrusimha Bharati II (1464-1479 )
19. Sri Purushotthama Bharati II (1479-1517 )
20. Sri Ramachandra Bharati (1517-1560 )
21. Sri Nrusimha Bharati III (1560-1573 )
22. Sri Nrusimha Bharati IV (1573-1576 )
23. Sri Nrusimha Bharati V (1576-1600 )
24. Sri Abhinava Nrusimha Bharati (1600-1623 )
25. Sri Sacchidananda Bharati I (1623-1663 )
26. Sri Nrusimha Bharati VI (1663-1706 )
27. Sri Sacchidananda Bharati II (1706-1741 )
28. Sri Abhinava Sacchidananda Bharati I (1741-1767)
29. Sri Nrusimha Bharati VII (1767-1770)
30. Sri Sacchidananda Bharati III (1770-1814)
31. Sri Abhinava Sacchidananda Bharati II (1814-1817 )
32. Sri Nrusimha Bharati VIII (1817-1879 )
33. Sri Sacchidananda Shivabhinava Nrusimha Bharati (1879-1912 )
34. Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati III (1912-1954 )
35. Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha (1954-1989 )
36. Sri Bharati Tirtha (1989-Present)
37. Sri Vidhushekhara Bharati (Nominated Next)

Other titles of the Jagadguru

Some of the other respectful titles given to the Jagadguru include:

• Swaminah
• Mahaswami
• Jagadguru Shankaracharya

See also

• Sringeri Sharada Peetham
• Dashanami Sampradaya
• Adi Shankara
• Shri Gaudapadacharya Mutt

Further reading

• 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

External links

• 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