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Chennai: Senior pontiff of the Kanchi Sankara Mutt, Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi, passed away on Wednesday at a private hospital in Kanchipuram.
“The 69th Acharya of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam Jagadguru Pujyashri Jayendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya Swamigal attained Siddhi at 9.00 am today,” said an official release from the Kanchi mutt.
The last rites of the 82-year old seer who has been ailing for the past few months, will be performed on Thursday.
The 69th head of the Kanchi mutt was the successor of Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi Swamigal. The junior pontiff, Sri Sankara Vijayendra Saraswathi will now become the 70th head of the mutt.
“Deeply anguished by the passing away of Acharya of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam Jagadguru Pujyashri Jayendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya. He will live on in the hearts and minds of lakhs of devotees due to his exemplary service and noblest thoughts. Om Shanti to the departed soul,” said Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a tweet.
“With his demise we have lost a great saint of present times, who has been a guiding force for the millions. My prayers for the liberated soul,” tweeted finance minister Arun Jaitley.
Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami, deputy CM O. Panneerselvam, opposition leader M.K. Stalin and other senior political leaders condoled the demise of the senior pontiff.
Born as Subramaniam Mahadeva Iyer on 18 July 1935, Jayendra Saraswathi was head of the Kanchi Mutt, a Hindu monastery established by Adi Shankaracharya in the 8th century.
The senior pontiff was arrested in 2004 in connection with the murder of Sankararaman, a manager at the temple who had levelled several accusations against the Kanchi seers and the mutt. In 2013, he and 22 others were acquitted of the charges.
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