Swami Swaroopanand, the Shankracharya of Dwarka, Sharda, and Jyotish Peeth, had been ill for...
Digital Desk: Dwarka Peeth Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati died on Sunday at the age of 99 in Madhya Pradesh's Narsinghpur district.
Swami Swaroopanand, the Shankracharya of Dwarka, Sharda, and Jyotish Peeth, had been ill for more than a year, his aide said.
He died at his ashram in the Narsinghpur district at around 3:30 pm, said Swami Sadanand Maharaj, second-in-command (known as Dandi Swami) of the Dwarka 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 at the age of 9 in search of God. He was incarcerated during the freedom struggle.
According to his followers, he was ordained as a Shankracharya in 1981, and his 99th birthday was celebrated recently.
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