Prime Minister visits Adi Shankara Keerthi Sthamba Mandapam at Kalady
01-09-2022 Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi visited Sri Adi Shankara Keerthi Sthamba Mandapam at Kalady and offered pada
puja at Sri Adi Shankaracharya sannadhi. Honble Prime Minister was received with traditional poornakumba
Swagatam. ABOUT THE KEERTI STHAMBA AT KALADY With the benign blessings of Their Holinesses Pujyasri Shankaracharya Swamiji, a
Keerthi Sthamba Mandapam has been consecrated at Kalady, the birth place of Sri Adi Sankara. The Keerthi Sthambam
is an imposing 8-storey structure. A pair of elephant statues stand at the entrance. Inside the Sthambam is the
Paduka Mandapam, where the Padukas of Sri Adi Sankara have been consecrated and regular worship is offered. One
can climb the spiral staircase inside the mandapam and see the paintings and statues on the walls, depicting
important episodes from the life of Sri Adi Sankara. Sankara Jayanthi is celebrated every year on the Vaisaka
Shukla Panchami day. In May 2003, special celebrations were held here to mark the 2510th birth anniversary of Adi
Sankara, the golden jubilee of Pujyasri Jayendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya Swamiji's Peetarohanam and the silver
jubilee celebrations of Adi Sankara Keerthi Sthambam. As part of the celebrations, a procession led by Their
Holinesses Pujyasri Jayendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya Swamiji and Pujyasri Sankara Vijayendra Saraswathi
Shankaracharya Swamiji was taken out from Angamally to Kalady.
