Study guide
Shankaracharya Travel and Sacred Compositions
Pilgrimage hymns by Adi Shankaracharya: Kashi, Ganga, Yamuna, Narmada, and sacred-place stotras with links to read on this site.
Many stotras in this library map onto sacred geography: Kashi, the Ganga, Yamuna, Narmada, and Jagannatha Puri. They connect pilgrimage with Vedantic remembrance.
Sacred places
Sacred rivers
Common questions
- Did Shankaracharya compose hymns for pilgrimage sites?
- Tradition attributes Kashi, river, and tirtha hymns to him. This library includes Vishwanathashtakam, Kashi Panchakam, Gangashtakam, and related works.