Founded by Srimat Swami Swarupananda Giri as a simple, forest hermitage near Sitakund, Chittagong District, Bangladesh, one and a half kilometres from the town centre beside the road to the ancient Chandranath Temple, through the efforts of his successor, Srimat Swami Jyotiswarananda Giri (1909-2006), Sankar Math O Mission grew to become a large ashrsam with numerous branches Bangladesh, India and worldwide. Now under the leadership of his disciple Srimat Swami Tapanananda Giri (1956-), Sankar Math o Mission still grows as a center for the teaching of Vedanta as expounded in the Upanishads, epitomized in Srimad Bhagavad Gita and analyzed by Bhagavadpada Sri Sankaracharya and his followers, and for service to all.