Shankaracharya swaroopanand saraswati

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Highlights • Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati left home at the age of 9 • He had also gone to jail during India's freedom struggle • Swami was born in a Brahmin family in Dighori village near Jabalpur Dwarkapeeth Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati on Sunday passed away at the age of 99 in Madhya Pradesh. The Hindu religious leader breathed his last at Shridham Jhoteshwar Ashram District in Madhya Pradesh's Narsinghpur at 3.30 p.m. The funeral of Shankaracharya ji will take place on Monday. Swami Swaroopanand was the Shankracharya of Dwarka, Sharda, and Jyotish Peeth. The Shankaracharya was born as Pothiram Upadhyay in Dighori village in the Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh in 1924. He had left his home in pursuit of God at the age of nine. He became the Shankracharya in 1981, his followers said, adding his 99th birthday was celebrated recently. 1300 years ago, Adi Guru Bhagwan Shankaracharya made 4 religious monasteries in the whole country to organize Hindus and followers of religion and for the upliftment of religion. The Shankaracharya of one of these four Maths was Jagatguru Swami Swaroopananda Saraswati who owned both the Dwarka Math and the Jyotir Math. PM Modi, other leaders pay tribute to Shankaracharya Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed deep sadness at his death and offered condolences to the seer's followers. Jagatguru Swaroopanand Ji Saraswati celebrated his 99th birthday on the day of Hariyali Teej. He was born in a Brahmin family in Dighori village ne...

The spat between Sai devotees and Swaroopanada Saraswati has turned ugly in the last few days after the latter stoked a huge controversy by issuing objectionable remarks against Sai Baba of Shirdi. The petition alleges that the controversial remarks made by the Swaroopanada Saraswati have hurt the religious sentiments of thousands of followers of Sai Baba, hence legal action should be taken against the Shankaracharya. The court is expected to take up the case on July 04. The Shankaracharya recently triggered a controversy by saying that worshipping Sai Baba was a conspiracy to divide Hindus. He had also said that Sai Baba should not be worshipped as he was a human being and not a God, and his temples should not be built. His statement was severely condemned by the followers of the saint. Meanwhile, the Naga Sadhus have extended their support to Swaroopananda Saraswati and warned of protests on streets if the Dwarkapeeth seer is insulted. They have declared the spat as a `religious war`. The Shankaracharya had also refused to regard Sai Baba as the epitome of Hindu-Muslim unity, saying if it were the case, the spiritual man would have been revered by Muslims with as much devotion as Hindus. In Sanatan Dharma, there are said to be 24 avataars (incarnation) of Lord Vishnu, In Kalyug, there is no mention of other avataars than Kalki and Buddha. Hence, Sai Baba can certainly not be an avataar, Shankaracharya had opined. He further added that Sai Baba should not be considered as...

Bhopal: Dwarka Peeth Shankaracharya Swaroopanand Saraswati, who was known as the ‘Revolutionary Sadhu’ during India’s freedom struggle, passed away at the age of 99 at ‘Shridham Jhoteshwar Ashram’ in Madhya Pradesh’s Narsinghpur district on Sunday afternoon. The funeral will take place at his ashram Shridham Jhoteshwar, around 300km from Bhopal, at 4pm on Monday. He was the Known to speak his mind on socio-political issues, the late Shankaracharya was born to a Brahmin family in Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh. He left his home at the age of nine in the path of God and undertook religious sojourns to different places in the country. He received education in Vedas and other Hindu scriptures from Sri Karpatri Maharaj in Kanhi. And when Mahatma Gandhi gave the call for the Quit India movement in 1942, Swami Swaroopanand – then known as Pothiram Upadhyay – joined the freedom struggle as a 19-year-old. He was jailed for nine months in Kashi and for another six months in Madhya Pradesh by the Raj. He was also appointed president of Ram Rajya Parishad, the political party of his Guru Karpatri Maharaj. In 1950, Shankaracharya of Sharda Peet Swami Brahmanand Saraswati gave him ‘Dand Deeksha’ and he began to be recognised as Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati. He became Shankaracharya of Dwarka Peeth in 1982. He was known to be close to several political leaders, the most prominent of them being former CM Digvijaya Singh, who had taken ‘Deeksha’ from him.

Dwarkapeeth Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati laid to rest in his MP ashram with state honours The 99-year-old Shankaracharya had died of cardiac arrest at the Ashram on Sunday afternoon. Several leaders including MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan paid their last respects to the seer. Image Source : PTI/FILE Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati was once known as a "revolutionary sadhu" for participating in the freedom struggle and often spoke his mind on religious and political issues. Dwarka peeth Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati was laid to rest on Monday with state honours amid the chanting of Vedic mantras on the campus of his ashram in Madhya Pradesh's Narsinghpur district. Swami Swaroopanand, who was the Shankaracharya of Dwarka-Sharda Peeth (in Gujarat), and Jyotish Peeth (in Uttrakhand), was given "bhoo samadhi" on the campus of the Paramhansi Ganga Ashram in the presence of thousands of people, including seers and devotees, who came from various parts of the country. The Shankaracharya, 99, died of cardiac arrest at the Ashram on Sunday afternoon. A galaxy of leaders, including Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Union ministers Prahlad Patel and Faggan Singh Kulaste, former MP chief ministers Kamal Nath and Digvijaya Singh, former Union minister Suresh Pachouri and others, paid their last respect to the seer. The Shankracharya was not keeping well for well over a year. He was once known as a "revolutionary sadhu"...

Bhopal: Dwarka peeth Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati died at the age of 99 in Madhya Pradesh's Narsinghpur district on Sunday, his aide said. Swami Swaroopanand, who was the Shankracharya of Dwarka, Sharda, and Jyotish Peeth, was not keeping well for over a year, he said. He died at his Ashram in the Narsinghpur district around 3:30 PM, Swami Sadanand Maharaj, second-in-command (known as Dandi Swami) of the Dwarka Peeth, told PTI. The Shankaracharya was born as Pothiram Upadhyay in Dighori village in the Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh in 1924. He had left his home in pursuit of God at the age of 9. He was incarcerated during the freedom struggle.