As per Shankara Digvijayam, Shankara chose Kedar Dham for Shiv leen. Lord Shiva descended at Kedar to escort Shankara to Shiva’s abode Kailash. Kedarnath temple stood as testimony to this last sojourn of Shankar to merge in Shiv.

Few years back by Shankaracharya of Dwarka and Jyothir Peeth Shri Swaroopanand Maharaj Ji along with the Kedarnath temple, there was also a Sri Adi Shankaracharya Samadhi behind it, which was rebuilt a few years back and had statues of Adi Shankaracharya and a spathik linga. The entire structure of Samadhi, Statue of Shankaracharya and spathik ling which was rebuilt recently by Shankaracharya of Dwarka and Jyothir Peeth was called as Shankara Samadhi behind Kedar Temple.

There are three belief on Shankaras disappearance. Kanchi Kama Koti Peetam has Shankar Samadhi next to Kamakshi temple in Kanchipuram. It is believed here that the Samadhi is in the form to worship the Adi Guru, as Shankara had merged with the Mother Kamakshi.

Few in Kerala believe that Shanara believed to have taken Samdhi close to his birth place in Trissure.

Four main mathas established by Shankara namely Sringeri Peetha, Gowardhan Puri peetha , Dwaraka and Jyotir Math peetha believe that Shankara had merged with Shiva at Kedar.