Dwarka Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati passes away
Bureau,Odishabarta
Bhopal: Prominent Hindu seer, Shankaracharya of Jyotish, Dwarka and Sharda peeth, Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati died at his ashram in Madhya Pradesh’s Narsinghpur district on Sunday. The 99-year-old seer, perhaps the oldest surviving Shankaracharya, passed away following prolonged illness.
The seer breathed his last at around 3.30 pm after a mild heart attack at Jhoteshwar Paramhansi Ganga Ashram. Just a few days ago, the seer had celebrated his 99th birthday on the occasion of Hartalika Teej.
Narsinghpur MLA and former MP Assembly Speaker N P Prajapati (who is among the Shankaracharya’s disciples) said his Samadhi (symbolic funeral) will take place at 4 pm on Monday near the hillside Ashram in Narsinghpur district.
Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati was born at Dighori village in Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh in 1924. He was born in a Brahmin family and his childhood name was Potiram Upadhyay. He left home aged nine years in pursuit of god.
When aged just 18, he had become a part of the country’s freedom movement and was known as “Revolutionary Sadhu” for taking part in the 1942 Quit India Movement. He was jailed for it and served a prison sentence for around a year and half.
He not only was a veteran Hindu seer, but also held strong opinion on host of other issues, such as Ganga pollution, Uniform Civil Code, Abrogation of Article 370 of Indian Constitution, cow and bull slaughter, women worshipping Shani, Shirdi Sai Baba, RSS and coming to power of Narendra Modi-led BJP in the 2014 general elections.
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