Jagadguru Adi Sankaracharya or Sankara spent his formative years on the banks of the Poornariver at Kalady. These early years provided a clear indication of the enlightened path that hewould eventually take. The book reveals how his thirst for knowledge and his search for thetruth behind nature and natural phenomena led him to discover the logical answers to whatwas happening in the world around him. His keen powers of observation and his ability togain insights into the world around him set him apart from everyone else.