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TTD Chairman BR Naidu attended the consecration of the 71st pontiff of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, Sri Satya Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Shankaracharya, at the Kamakshi Amman temple. The event coincided with the 2534th Jayanti Utsavam of Adi Shankaracharya. Naidu briefed the pontiffs on TTD's efforts to strengthen Hindu Sanathana Dharma.

KANCHIPURAM: The junior pontiff of the Kanchi mutt, sri vijayendra saraswati, chose to finally speak on Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati's arrest and detention in prison on a murder charge.

The principal district and sessions court framed charges against Jayendra Saraswati and Vijayendra Saraswati setting the stage for trial in the Sankararaman murder case.

HYDERABAD: Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati's understudy Vijayendra Saraswati on Sunday decided to stay put in Mahabubnagar.

The principal district and sessions court here framed charges against the Sankaracharyas of Kanchi and 22 others, setting the stage for trial in the sensational Sankararaman murder case.

The Nava Kundatmaka Sri Yagam organized by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams at the Tiruchanoor temple concluded with the celestial Maha purnahuti ritual on Thursday.

MUMBAI: Hindus should concentrate more on renovating and ensuring the upkeep of existing temples than on constructing new ones, the junior pontiff of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, Swami Vijayendra Saraswati, told TNN on Wednesday.

Two key prosecution witnesses in the Sankararaman murder case contradicted their earlier statements, giving a new twist to the case in which the Kanchi Shankaracharyas — Jayendra Saraswati and Vijayendra Saraswati — are main accused.

KOCHI: The Kanchi seer, Sri Jayendra Saraswati, will take part in the Sri Sankara Tri Jayanti Mahotsavam to be held at nearby Kalady, the birth place of Adi Sankara, from May 3.

NEW DELHI: As per the court order, Seer will not be able to visit the mutt even after his release.

Kashi is believed to be a city never forsaken by Lord Shiva. The city is said to be abundant with Shiv Lingas, including Vishnu Linga, Bramha Linga, and Three Crore Deity Lingas.

Sri Jayendra Saraswathi, the 69th pontiff of Kanchi Sankara Mutt who died on Wednesday at the age of 82 years, was laid to rest close to his guru Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati’s grave in the brindavan (burial place) on the mutt premises in Kancheepuram around 11am

The recently deceased Kanchi seer, Sri Jayendra Saraswathi, will be seen in a documentary.

Heads of various mutts on Wednesday met at Ponpadi village in Tamil Nadu and urged the AP government to take stern measures to prevent attacks on temples in the state. Ponpadi is located on the border of Andhra Pradesh.

Principal district and sessions judge C S Murugan will deliver on Wednesday the judgment in the sensational Sankararaman murder case in which Kanchi seers Jayendra Saraswathi, 78, and Vijayendra Saraswathi, 44, are the prime accused.

BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Saturday said Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa should apologize to the Kanchi Mutt seers after a Puducherry court acquitted them of murder charges.

VELLORE: The Kanchi seer says he is ready to accept court's verdict in the case against him.

The chief pontiffs of various mutts across the country will converge on the temple town of Tirumala on Wednesday to discuss, among other things, the need to enforce a ban on forced religious conversions in India.

Denouncing claims about their opposition to the ‘pran pratishtha’ ceremony at the Lord Ram temple in Ayodhya, Shankaracharyas of Kanchi and Sringeri on Sunday asserted their full support to the January 22 event to be led by PM Narendra Modi. Shankaracharya of Sringeri Sharada Peetham Mahasamsthanam Dakshinamnaya also extended support and said the ceremony was in full consonance with Hindu rituals, and Modi, as a representative of the people of the country, had every right to perform the rituals as guided by priests.

Seers, sadhus, and representatives of 151 religious orders attended the consecration ceremony of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya. The guest list included followers of Sant Ravidas and seers with tribal followings. The ceremony was hosted by Champat Rai, the general secretary of the trust.

Shankaracharya Sri Shankar Vijayendra Saraswati Swami praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, stating that his government exemplifies 'Narendra Damodar Das ka Anushasan (discipline of Narendra Damodar Das)'. Speaking at the inauguration of RJ Sankara Eye Hospital in Varanasi, he highlighted Modi's virtuous leadership and the government's welfare efforts. UP CM Yogi Adityanath also praised Kashi's development.

“Kashi had been attracting people from Tamil Nadu since time immemorial, but our ancestors started efforts to settle in this abode of Lord Shiva in 17th century when poet of Tamil saint tradition and Shaivite ascetic Kumaraguruparar sought land from Mughal empire and founded Kumaraswamy

Shankaracharya Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Swamigal, the 69th head of the Kanchi Mutt, passed away today in Tamil Nadu's Kanchipuram, at 82. He had been keeping unwell for the last few days and was rushed to a hospital near Kamakshi Amman temple earlier today after he complained of breathlessness.