Jyotirmath
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State : | India | |
State : | Uttarakhand | |
District : | Chamoli | |
Sub-district : | Joshimath | |
Location : | 30 ° 34 ′ N , 79 ° 34 ′ E | |
Height : | 1842 m | |
Residents : | 16,709 (2011) | |
Cable car at Jyotirmath |
Jyotirmath or Joshimath is a small town in the Chamoli district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand .
Jyotirmath is located in the Himalayas at an altitude of 1824 m above the Alaknanda River . Jyotirmath had 16,709 inhabitants at the 2011 census.
Joshimath is the northern monastic center of the four cardinal institutions of Adi Shankara .
See also
- Shri Gaudapadacharya Math
- Gauḍapāda
- Govinda Bhagavatpada
- Shankara
- Shankaracharya
- Mandukya Upanishad
- Advaita Vedanta
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