Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati Passes Away At 82 Due To Cardiac Arrest, Twitter Pays Tribute

Kanchi Mutt head Saraswathi was suffering from diabetes and had collapsed at the mutt with shortness of breath and was admitted to Chennai's Ramachandra hospital last month.

Kancheepuram (Tamil Nadu): Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati, pontiff of the Kanchi Mutt passed away on Wednesday after a prolonged illness at Kancheepuram. He was 82.



Kanchi Mutt head Saraswathi was suffering from diabetes and had collapsed at the mutt with shortness of breath and was admitted to Chennai's Ramachandra hospital last month.

PM Modi paid his tribute to him on Twitter






Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj took to Twitter and expressed grief over the demise of Saraswati.



Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley also expressed grief and tweeted,



He was 69th pontiff of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham and was named by Chadrasekharendra Saraswati Swamigal as his successor on March 22, 1954.

People on social media also paid their tributes:


















(With ANI inputs)