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==Religious significance==
[[File:JyothirMutt.JPG|right|thumb|150px|[[Jyotir Math]] monastery]]
Jyotirmath is the ''uttarāmnāya [[matha]]'', or northern monastery, one of the four cardinal institutions established by Adi Shankara, the others being those at [[Shringeri]], [[Govardhana matha|Puri]], [[Dwarka]]. Their heads are titled "[[Shankaracharya]]". According to the tradition initiated by Adi Shankara, this matha is in charge of the [[Atharvaveda]]. Jyotirmath is close to the pilgrimage town of [[Badrinath]]. This place can be a base station for travellers going to Guru Gobind Ghat or the [[Valley of Flowers National Park]]. The temple Narasimha, is enshrined Badrinarayan along with a pantheon of deities. The presiding deity Lord [[Narasimha]] is believed to have been established by Adi Sankara. It is one of the "[[Divya Desams]]", the 108 temples of [[Vishnu]] revered by the 12 [[Tamil language|Tamil]] poet-saints or [[Alvars]], and god and goddess are known as Parimalavalli sametha Paramapurusha Perumal.<ref>''108 Vaishnavite Divya Desams: Divya desams in Pandya Nadu''. M. S. Ramesh, Tirumalai-Tirupati Devasthanam.</ref>