Introduction

Sri Shankara Bhagavatpadacharya is one among those who were incarnated to resurrect the Sanatana Dharma. Advaitha is the doctrine rejuvenated by Him. Yadatore Sri Yogandeshwara Saraswathi samasthanam in Krishnarajanagar, Mysore District on the banks of Kaveri is one of many institutions that follow Sri Shankara’s tradition. This institution has been contributory in the Spritual, Religious, Cultural and Social Spheres.

Around 800 years ago, Shri Shri Yoganandeshwara Saraswati Mahaswamiji, a great ascetic and a yogi, established this Math in Krishnarajanagara Taluk of Mysore, on the banks of the holy river Kaveri, to support practice of Vaidika Dharma. The Math came to be called as Yadathore Shri Yoganandeshwara Saraswati Math. Several ascetics of Advaita tradition have decorated the peetha of the Math so far.

The name of Shri Shri Ramabrahmananda Mahaswamiji stands out even among these names, as an accomplished Sadhaka, and a Jivanmukta. His work, the ‘Tattvasangraha Ramayana’ is an illustration of his erudition. In the fifteenth century, Shri Shri Ramabrahmananda swamiji established a branch of the Math in Holenarasipura, and installed the presiding deity Shri Chaturbhuja Pattabhirama. He also built a temple of Shri Nilakantheshwara. Puja has been offered constantly to both, as though to highlight no-difference between Hari and Hara.