SRI ADI SANKARA’S JAYANTHI: As regards to Sri Adi Sankara’s Birthday, there is an unending debate and controversy even today! According to Bhagavan Sri Satyasaibaba, it was Panchami, a Sunday in the month of Vaishaki of the year Nandana in the early hours of the morning during ‘Brahmamuhurtha’ Sankara was born in Kaladi village near Cochin in Kerala. In the recent past, according to The Telegraph, Culcutta (Kolkata), and Jan 21st, 2003. It was claimed that the unending dispute about Sri Adi Sankara’s Birth date is settled and recognised as April 3rd, 509 BC.
It was also claimed that all Sankaracharyas across the country unanimously accepted April 3rd 509 BC as Adi Sankara’s exact date of birth and announced that there was no need for debate on the subject.
At a seminar organised by the Ved Shastra Pandit Raksh Sabha, scholar Srikant Jich Kar said the date was arrived at by scientists and historians, coincides with parampara of the mutts across the country. The seers urged the Indian Government to arrange Adi Sankara’s birth centenary celebrations at His birthplace at Kaladi in Kerala 2010.
I am not sure how far is this story is true and needs further clarification.
Whatever the Birth date may be, it is generally believed every year it comes in May. This year it is on May 2nd. PLEASE CHECK THE HINDU CALENDAR EVERY YEAR IN MAY.
ONLY BECAUSE OF HIM, THE HINDUISM OF TODAY IS BASED. HE IS CERTAINLY DESERVES THE TITLE THE FATHER OF HINDUISM.