The 69th Acharya of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam Jagadguru
Pujyashri Jayendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya Swamigal attained Samadhi (died)
at 9:00 am on February 28, 2019 (today) – Phalgun Shukla Paksha Trayodashi (Maasi
month) - at Sri Kanchi Kamakotii Peetam Sankara Matam, Kanchipuram.
Last rites
Last rites - Brindavana Pravesha Karyakramam of His Holiness
Pujyashri Jayendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya Swamigal - will be performed on
1st March from 8 AM.
Life History of Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi (1954 – 2019)
- Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi was born as Sri Subramaniyam on July 18, 1935 at Irulneekki in Thanjavur District.
- He had study of Vedas at Tiruvidaimarudur under the direction of Mahaswamigal (Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swamigal).
- He was initiated into Sanyasa on March 22, 1954 and was declared as successor Acharya and given the Sanyasa name Sri Jayendra Saraswati Sri Pada.
- Jayendra Saraswathi succeeded Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi Swamigal in 1994 as the head of the Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam.
- In the footsteps of the Mahaswamigal, He too undertook yatra throughout the country.
- He attracted people from every nook and corner.
- He intensified the activities of the Mutt to cover new social objectives - education, health, employment, temple renovation etc.
- It is due to His untiring efforts, Kamakoti Peetam established religious and social institutions in many parts of the country.
- The only Sankaracharya after the Adi Sankara to visit Manasarovar and Kailash in 1998; there He installed the murti of Adi Sankara.
- He is the only Sankaracharya to visit Dhaka in Bangladesh in June 2000. In honor of His visit, Sri Dhakeswari Temple named the entrance to the temple as "Sankaracharya Gate".
- His most notable contribution is the founding of the Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Viswa Mahavidyalaya, a Deemed University in the name of His Guru.
Shri Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati will be succeeded by Sri Sankara Vijayendra Saraswati Swamigal.