ADI SANKARA BHAGAVATPADA
Birth of Adi Sankara:
Sankara was born to the nambudiri brahman couple, Sivaguru and Arymba, in a little village called kaladi in Kerala. The couple had remained childless for a long time, and prayed for children at the vadakkunnathan temple in nearby Trichur. Siva is said to have appeared to the couple in a dream and promised them a choice of one son who would be short-lived but the most brilliant philosopher of his day, or many sons who would be mediocre at best. The couple opted for a brilliant, but short-lived son, and so Sankara was born.
Sankara is considered to be the incarnation of Lord SHIVA.
