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Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati

शंकराचार्य स्वामी स्वरूपानंद सरस्वती

Religion & spirituality Madhya Pradesh Great mind of history

Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati 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.

BORN

2 September 1924

DIED

11 September 2022

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Key facts

Born
2 September 1924, Seoni district
Died
11 September 2022, Narsinghpur
State of birth
Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh
Sector
Religion & spirituality
Profession
Shankaracharya of jyotirmath and dwarka sharda math
Gender
Male

Biography

Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati 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. He has been the only person to have become Shankaracharya of two Peetha simultaneously.

Summary based on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), reviewed by the RochakDuniya editorial team.

Timeline

  1. 1924Born in Seoni district
  2. 2022Dies in Narsinghpur
Sources & licences Last checked against Wikidata: 27 Sep 2026
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