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'''Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham''', also called the '''Sri Kanchi Matham''' or the '''Sarvagna Peetha''',<ref group=web>{{Cite web |title=About the Peetham |url=https://www.kamakoti.org/peeth/aboutpeetham.html |access-date=2022-09-24 |website=www.kamakoti.org}}</ref> is a [[Hinduism|Hindu]] institution, located in [[Kanchipuram]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. It is located near
The matha-tradition attributes its founding to Adi Shankara, but this and the reliability of the matha's succession list has been questioned.{{sfn|Suthren Hirst|2005|p=25}}{{sfn|Clark|2006|p=224}} The Kanchi Math was originally established as the Kumbakonam Mutt in 1821 as a branch of the [[Sringeri Sharada Peetham|Sringeri Mutt]],<ref group=web name="Guruswamy">{{Cite web|last=Guruswamy|first=Mohan|date=2021-11-30|title=Mohan Guruswamy {{!}} The Kumbakonam of the Kanchi Shankaracharya|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/opinion/columnists/291121/mohan-guruswamy-the-kumbakonam-of-the-kanchi-shankaracharya.html|access-date=2022-01-04|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en}}</ref> and later became involved with the Kamakshi temple in Kanchipuram. According to the Sri Kanchi math tradition, the matha was founded at Kanchipuram, and shifted south to the temple city of [[Kumbakonam]] in mid-18th-century due to the on-going wars, when there was warfare in the region, and returned to Kanchipuram in the 19th century.{{sfn|Dalal|2010|p=192}}
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