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Jayendra Saraswathi attains Mahasamadhi at 82: Kanchi seer expanded mutt's social reach, mediated in Ayodhya issue
Fp Staff • 7 years agoJayendra Saraswathi, who broadened the activities of the Sankara Mutt with inclusive activities, died in Kanchipuram at the age of 82.
Jayendra Saraswathi passes away: Controversial seer's successor Vijayendra Saraswathi has his task cut out
Tssudhir • 7 years agoJayendra Saraswathi's successor Vijayendra has his task cut out, for he not only has to anoint a successor but also preside over the affairs of the Mutt.
Jayendra Saraswathi passes away: Shankaracharya overcame ordeal of murder charge in 2013
• 7 years agoJayendra Saraswathi was arrested on 11 November, 2004, on Diwali eve on charges of conspiring to murder Sankararaman.
The Jayendra Saraswathi I knew: A sage from an old order with a modern outlook, he fulfilled his quota of karma
T R Jawahar • 7 years agoThere were the sages of old and now there are the new age gurus with all the latest apparatus. Jayendra Saraswathi was a little different from both. He was a sage from the old order willing to push the borders of orthodoxy to in line with demands of contemporary India. He tried to — and succeeded to a large extent — in treading this delicate and dangerous tight rope.
Jayendra Saraswathi dies at 82; updates: Final rites of Kanchi seer tomorrow at 8 am; tributes pouring in
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe head of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham Jayendra Saraswathi passed away on Wednesday morning at the age of 82
Jayendra Saraswathi passes away: Pall of gloom descends on Kanchi mutt as devotees gather to pay last respects
M Bharat Kumar • 7 years agoNo sooner had the news of Kanchi mutt Jayendra Saraswathi's demise spread that a pall of gloom descended the temple town and devotees started to gather at the mutt
Jayendra Saraswathi passes away: Seer with social consciousness charted a unique path mixing piety and politics
Kbalakumar • 7 years agoIt is debatable whether Kanchi mutt has seen a head who was as unconventional and contentious as Jayendra Saraswathi, who passed away on Wednesday morning at the age of 82
Charges against me a lie: Kanchi Sankaracharya tells court in an assault case against him
Fp Archives • 9 years agoKanchi Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi on Monday told a court in Chennai that the charges made out against him by the prosecution in the auditor Radhakrishnan assault case were a "lie".
Jayalalithaa should apologise to Kanchi seers: Swamy
Fp Archives • 11 years agoSwamy has consistently campaigned against Tamil Nadu government for allegedly foisting a false murder case against Acharyas.
Sankararaman case: Hearing adjourned to 25 April
Fp Archives • 13 years agoThe Kanchi seers Jayendra Saraswathi and his junior Vijayendra are the prime accused in the case.