Narayana, with the goddess as PurnagiriDasanami (Advaita Vedanta)—
Sacred since
1941 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
Shankara foundation; monastery rebuilt from 1941
Dasanami (Advaita Vedanta)
History & significance
The northern of the four cardinal pithams traditionally established by Adi Shankara, seat of the Shankaracharya of the north at Joshimath in Garhwal; it stood vacant for some 165 years until Brahmananda Saraswati was installed on 11 May 1941 and built the present thirty-room monastery and the Purnagiri Devi shrine.