Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati To Be Given 'Bhoo Samadhi' At His Ashram In MP

Shankaracharya Swaroopanand Saraswati died of cardiac arrest in his ashram in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday, at the age of 99. He breathed his last at around 3:30 pm on Sunday.

Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand

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Dwarka Sharda Peeth's Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati's last rites will be held today at Jyoteshwar in Narsinghpur district from around 3 to 4 pm. Shankaracharya died of cardiac arrest in his ashram in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday, at the age of 99. He breathed his last at around 3:30 pm on Sunday.

He will be given a "bhoo samadhi" (burial) on the campus of the Ashram. “His bhoo Samadhi in sitting position which is given to 'sanyasis' will take place around 3-4 pm at his Paramhansa Ganga Ashram, Jyoteshwar, in Gotegaon in Narsinghpur on Monday," an Ashram release issued on Sunday said.

Swami Swaroopanand, the Shankracharya of Dwarka-Sharda Peeth (in Gujarat) and Jyotish Peeth (in Uttrakhand) was not keeping well for over a year. He had recently celebrated His 99th birthday on Teej which fell on August 30.

Swami Swaroopanand was on dialysis and used to be on and off the ventilator for the last couple of months. He was also suffering from age-related issues, the Ashram sources told news agency PTI, adding that a special facility was built at the Ashram to treat him.

PM Modi & Other Leaders Offer Condolences

In a tweet, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed that he is "deeply saddened" at Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati's passing and offered his condolences.

द्वारका शारदा पीठ के शंकराचार्य स्वामी स्वरूपानंद सरस्वती जी के निधन से अत्यंत दुख हुआ है। शोक के इस समय में उनके अनुयायियों के प्रति मेरी संवेदनाएं। ओम शांति!

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 11, 2022

Union Home Minister, Amit Shah said that his work on spreading Sanatan Dharm will always be remembered. 

द्वारका शारदा पीठ के शंकराचार्य स्वामी स्वरूपानंद सरस्वती जी के निधन का दुःखद समाचार प्राप्त हुआ। सनातन संस्कृति व धर्म के प्रचार-प्रसार को समर्पित उनके कार्य सदैव याद किए जाएँगे। उनके अनुयायियों के प्रति संवेदना व्यक्त करता हूँ। ईश्वर दिवंगत आत्मा को सद्गति प्रदान करें। ॐ शांति pic.twitter.com/uPnv3JEull

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) September 11, 2022

Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi also expressed sorrow over his passing.  

श्री द्वारका-शारदा पीठ व ज्योतिर्मठ पीठ के जगतगुरु शंकराचार्य श्रद्धेय स्वामी श्री स्वरूपानंद सरस्वती जी महाराज का ब्रह्मलीन होना संत समाज की अपूरणीय क्षति है।

प्रभु श्री राम दिवंगत पुण्यात्मा को अपने परमधाम में स्थान व शोकाकुल हिंदू समाज को यह दुःख सहने की शक्ति दें।

ॐ शांति!

— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) September 11, 2022

Swaroopanand Saraswati was born as Pothiram Upadhyay in Dighori village in the Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh in 1924. He had left his home in pursuit of God at the age of 9. He became a freedom fighter in the Quit India movement in 1942 and was called as "Revolutionary Sadhu". He was jailed twice, once for 9 months and another for 6 months. Pothiram Upadhyay became Shankracharya (of Dwarka Peeth) in 1981.