adi Shankaracharya jayanti ,shankara born in a pious nambudiri Brahman family in a quiet village called kaladi on the Periyar (purna) River, Kerela during 788 C. E southern India adi Shankaracharya was an Indian Garu and Philosopher theologian who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta tradition of Hindu Dharma. the title derives from adi Shankara, teachers from the successive line back to him are known as Shankaracharyas