Sringeri Away from Bangalore

Sringeri - This is a well known pilgrim center on the left bank of the River Tunga in Chickmagalur. Sri Adi Shankaracharya, the exponent of the Advaita philosophy, founded this monastery. There are 12 zodiac pillars in Vaidya Shankara Shrine which are arranged so that the rays of the sun fall on the pillar corresponding to the months. In front of the temple are stone lions, with stone spheres inside their mouths that can be rotated.