Vijayendra Saraswati Swamigal
Seventieth and current Head of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam
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Jagadguru Sri Shankara Vijayendra Saraswathi Swamigal (born 13 March 1969) is the 70th Jagadguru Peethadipathi of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, Kanchipuram. He became the Peetadhipathi of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham following the Videha mukti of Sri Jayendra Saraswati, the 69th Pontiff, on 28 February 2018.[1]
His Holiness Jagadguru Sri Shankara Vijayendra Saraswati Swamigal | |
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Sri Shankara Vijayendra Saraswati Swamigal | |
| Title | Kānchi Kāmakoti Pīṭhādhipati |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Sankara Narayanan 13 March 1969 thandalam, Tiruvallur |
| Honors | Peethadishwar |
| Website | www.kamakoti.org |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Kanchi Kāmakoti Pīṭhādipati | |
| Assumed office 28 Feb 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Jayendra Saraswati |
| Succeeded by | Satya Chandrashekharendra Saraswati |
Biography
Sri Shankara Vijayendra Saraswathi was born in 1969 as Sankara Narayanan Sastri[2] in Periyapalayam village near Arani in Tiruvallur.[3] He attended a village school in Periyapalayam and studied the Vedas with his father, Sri Krishnamurthy Sastri, a Vedic scholar and teacher. He joined the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham when he was 13 and was named 70th Peethadhipati in 1983.[4]
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