His Holiness Jagadguru Shankaracharya Swami Shri Swaroopanand Saraswati Ji Maharaj | |
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Personal life | |
Born | Pothiram Upadhyay 2 September 1924 |
Died | 11 September 2022 | (aged 98)
Nationality | Indian |
Religious life | |
Religion | Hinduism |
Religious career | |
Guru | Brahmananda Saraswati and Swami Karpatri |
Dwarka Sharada Peetham | |
In office 1982–2022 | |
Preceded by | Abhinava Saccidananda Tirtha |
Succeeded by | Sadanand Saraswati |
Website | http://www.shrisharadapeetham.org/ |
Jyotir Math | |
In office 1973–2022 | |
Preceded by | Krishna Bodhashram |
Succeeded by | Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati |
Website | https://jyotirmath.com/ |
Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati (2 September 1924 – 11 September 2022) was an Indian religious leader. In 1982, he became the Shankaracharya of Dwarka Sharada Peetham in Dwaraka, Gujarat and also of Jyotir Math in Badrinath.[1][2] He has been the only person to have become Shankaracharya of two Peetha (Dwarkamath and Jyotirmath) simultaneously.