Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1175

c9.1175

15) *Triumphal tour.* After the cremation of his mother Śaṅkara set out on his triumphal tour of the country. He is believed to have travelled throughout India three times. Wherever he went he gained friends and also made enemies. It was during these tours that he established the four maṭhas (centres) in the four regions of the country. Śṛṅgeri in the south, Jaganātha in the east, Dvārakā in the west and Badarīnātha in the north were the four chief maṭhas established by Śaṅkara and they continue to function even to this day.