Who had established four monastic seats in the four corners of India?

The correct answer is Shankaracharya

• Adi Shankaracharya was considered as one of the most important philosophers and religious leaders in Indian history and the Hindu Sanatan religion and is widely revered as a religious reformer in the early 8th century.
• Adi Shankaracharya was born on 11th May 788 AD, at Kaladi near Kochi, Kerala.
• He is associated with Maya Theory, Advaita Vedanta (Non-Dualism), Tarak Brahma.
• He wrote a book called Bhashya - commentaries on Gita.
• Adi Shankaracharya established four major mathas in the four corners  – north (Jyotirmath), south (Sringeri, Kanchi), east (Puri), west (Dwaraka) – to propagate the philosophy of Advaita Vedanta and to promulgate the concept of Sanatana dharma.
• He died (took samadhi) at the age of 33, at Kedar tirth.

Key Points

Four mathas with their states-