So much so that a 4-year-old had gone with parents in tow to meet, ‘The Shankracharya”, though of course, this was a Jagadguru from the Sringeri Peetham, centuries after Adi Shankaracharya. What he achieved in his short life span of just 32 years cannot be achieved in 32 lifetimes of lesser mortals.Ī picture of a man with a divine expression draped in an orange garb, that occupied pride of place at home as a child had always held a strange fascination. Though born in the southern extremity of India in Kerala, he travelled the length and breadth of India, not once, not twice, but thrice. Adi Shankaracharya is the colossal philosopher, theologian, and saint who streamlined the doctrines of Hinduism and advocated the philosophy of Advaita. The strings of destiny drew us like puppets to Shankaracharya birth place in Kalady, Kerala, India, on the trail of Adi Shankara.

Check here for complete details of Kalady. Shankaracharya birth place is in Kalady Kerala barely 7 kilometres from Cochin International Airport.