[Advaita-l] Religious philosophy of the Kashmir Hindus

[Ramesh Krishnamurthy]

2008/11/23 Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>:
> Unfortunately, I don't have access to a copy of Madhaviya Digvijaya at the
> moment but I seem to remember that Govinda Bhagavatapada was a Kashmiri
> who encountered the young Brahmachari Shankara on the banks of the Narmada
> at the tirth called Omkareshvara.
>
> Can anyone confirm/deny?

It is not clear where Govinda Bhagavatpada came from, but the
jyotirlinga of Omkareshvara is indeed the place where he is said to
have met the young Shankara.

I had visited this place in 2005 and had also posted an article on the
same. It is available in the archives at:
http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/archives/advaita-l/2006-March/037708.html

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