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great extent, even today there are several indications of his visit to every nook and corner of our nation. He established in all states of our nation, monasteries, amnyaya Peethas, etc., in such a way that they speak of his inner vision of the integration and harmonisation of the geographical differences of our nation.
"Harmonising means - the process of organising heterogeneous - sometimes even mutually opposing - elements, at a place or in a person, in an orderly way allotting each one of them a due place in the whole. This quality is found as a natural feature in people with multifacet genius. Shri Shankar was a unique kind of genius. The great personality of Shri Shankara is described so far with respect to seven aspectsof his achievements. It is only an effort to look at the Jagadguru Shri Shankara from a different angle. His was a splendorous personality with all encompassing features. Only a very few indications remain today to understand him. It is difficult to have an indepth understanding of his personality with the few things that are remaining. Even then I have tried to narrate the glory of Shri Shankara's contributions and by this I have rendered services at his feet. He had a universal vision and an epoch making personality. He guided us basically for all our religious practices. Hence he is the acharya. If our people remember Shri Shankara respectfully on these grounds, my efforts here would be fruitful.
लोकाः समस्ताः सुखिनो भवंतु नारायण नारायण नारायण
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