it is believed that the holy math of hariharapura was a consequence of bhagavadpada sri adi sankaracharya's visit to the village. during his visit, it is believed that he met young krishna, hearing all information and moved by the divine vibrations of this place, chose to install sri chakra and consecrated mother sharadamba initiated upadesha to sri krishna . and the sri adishankaracharya sharada lakminarasimha peetam came into existence. it is believed to be one of few dharmapeetams established by sri adishankaracharya.