Edaneeru Mutt () is a Hindu monastic institution renowned as a seat of art and learning located in Edneer,

Kasaragod district Kasaragod ( (, , ; English: ''Kassergode'') is one of the 14 districts in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Its northern border Thalappady is located just 9 km south to Ullal, which is the southernmost portion of the major port city ...

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. It traces its parampara to Sri Thotakacharya, one of the first four disciples of Adi

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, and it follows the

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. From 1961 to 2020, the institution was headed by Kesavananda Bharati, whose full honorific title as head of the mutt was ''Srimad Jagadguru Sri Sri Sankaracharya Thotakacharya Kesavananda Bharati Sripadangalavaru''. The head of the mutt is also known as Edaneeru Swamiji or Pontiff of Edaneeru. Edaneeru Mutt was involved in '' Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala'', where the

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developed the

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in striking down an attempt by the

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(on the left). File:Shri Keshvananda Bharathi Swamiji's procession.jpg, Procession of Edneer Swamiji by his disciples in

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, 2012. File:Shankaracharyas meet together.jpg, Shri Kesavananda Bharati with other Shankaracharyas' in a regional Shankaracharyas' meet. (far right). File:Mahakumbh 2013 15.jpg, Shri Kesavananda Bharati Swamiji with devotees at Maha Kumbha Mela held at Allahabad in Feb 2013. File:Mahakumbh 2013 29.jpg, Shri Kesavananda Bharati Swamiji with devotees at Maha Kumbha Mela held at Allahabad in Feb 2013.

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