Shankara Vijayendra Saraswathi (born 13 March 1969) is the 70th Jagadguru of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, Kanchipuram. He became the senior Pontiff of the Kanchi Mutt following the attainment of Vidhehamukthi of Jayendra Saraswati, the 69th Pontiff, on 28 February 2018.
Sri Shankara Vijayendra Saraswathi was born in 1969 as Sankara Narayanan in Periyapalayam village near Arani in Tiruvallur. 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 Peetadipati in 1983. Shri Shankara Vijayendra Sarasvati Swami has toured many parts of the country. He has visited places like Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Assam, Orissa, West Bengal, and all other parts of southern India. He also visited Nepal in the year 1998 with His Guru Shri Jayendra Sarasvati Swami.
Sri Shankara Vijayendra Saraswathi was born in 1969 as Sankara Narayanan in Periyapalayam village near Arani in Tiruvallur. 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 Peetadipati in 1983. Shri Shankara Vijayendra Sarasvati Swami has toured many parts of the country. He has visited places like Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Assam, Orissa, West Bengal, and all other parts of southern India. He also visited Nepal in the year 1998 with His Guru Shri Jayendra Sarasvati Swami.
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