Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati Passes Away At 99, PM Modi Expresses Condolences

The seer died of a minor heart attack and breathed his last at Shridham Jhoteshwar Ashram District at 3.30 pm.

Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati

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New Delhi: Dwarkapeeth Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati passed away at the age of 99 in Narsinghpur in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday. According to a report by news agency ANI, the seer died of a minor heart attack and breathed his last at Shridham Jhoteshwar Ashram District at 3.30 pm.

His funeral will take place on Monday, as per reports.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to express his condolences on the demise of the religious leader. He wrote, "Deeply saddened by the demise of Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati, Shankaracharya of Dwarka Sharda Peeth. My condolences to his followers in this time of grief."

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, expressing his grief, tweeted, "Received the sad news of the demise of Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati ji of Dwarka Sharda Peeth. His work dedicated to the propagation of Sanatan culture and religion will always be remembered. I express my condolences to his followers. God bless the departed soul. peace."

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

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also expressed her condolences.

जगतगुरु शंकराचार्य स्वामी स्वरूपानंद सरस्वती जी महाराज के महाप्रयाण का समाचार सुनकर मन को भारी दुख पहुंचा। स्वामी जी ने धर्म, अध्यात्म व परमार्थ के लिए अपना पूरा जीवन समर्पित कर दिया।

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— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) September 11, 2022

Born in September 2nd, 1924, Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati became the Shankaracharya of Dwarka Sharada Peetham in Dwaraka, Gujarat and the Jyotir Math in Badrinath in the year 1982.