Totakacharya

Totakacharya 8th century CE was a disciple of Ādi Śaṅkara, the Advaita Vedanta teacher. He was made the first Jagadguru of the Jyotir Pīthaṃ, the original northern maṭha founded by Ādi Śaṅkara in Uttarakhand. He founded a maṭha by name Vadakke modam in Thrissur, Kerala.