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\f0\fs22 \cf0 Adi Shankaracharya established his main monastery, Sringeri Math, where he
witnessed a pregnant frog trying to cross the deadly hot sands in the noon day sun,
trying to reach the river. Then he saw a cobra, whose favourite food is frog, slithering up
to the poor animal, and upon reaching her, spread his hood, revealing his fangs, but
to Shankara\'92s great surprise, the cobra used his spread hood as an umbrella to protect
the mother-to-be, and provide shade, so she could safely reach the river. He, thus found the \'93signature\'94
of Sarada Devi, Goddess of articulation and knowledge, and it was there that he built
her temple. \ \
\ The story being played out in the ashram or
the circle of the lineage is always an analogue of the story told by the sky, a reflection
of the firmament. The activity on any particular day is consistent with the phase of the moon,
the position of the sun in the ecliptic, the relationships of planets and stars, and the
day of the week. The sky determines feasting and fasting, honouring and invoking different
personalities of nature, times of gatherings, initiations, and empowerments, meetings, travel,
pilgrimage, times of silence, times of giving, times of receiving, and many other things.\
\ \
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