His parents had offered prayers to Lord Shiva at the Vadakkunnathan temple for the birth of child. There is an interesting legend associated with the birth of Adi Shankaracharya. It is believed that, Lord Shiva appeared in the dreams of Sankara's parents and asked them to make a choice,...
he withdrew to Kedarnath and attained samadhi at the age of thirty-two. The Kamakshi Amman temple at Kanchipuram also has a vrindavanam where he is believed to have attained siddhi. (A variant tradition expounded by keralIya Shankaravijaya places his place of death as Vadakkumnathan temple ...