Swaroopanand Saraswati
Life History of Swaroopanand Saraswati
Swaroopanand Saraswati is a well known religious monk, a spiritual personality and also a great freedom fighter. Let us look at the life of this religious priest and spiritual legend more closely.
Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati also known as Pothiram Upadhyay was born in the year 1924 on September 2nd at Dighori village of Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh. He was a pupil of Brahmananda Saraswati and Shankaracharya Krishnabodha Ashrama, both of Jyotir Math in Badrinath.
During his younger days, Saraswati had participated in Quit India Movement and got jailed for two years. In the year 1973, he became the
Shankaracharya of Jyotir Math in Badrinath. But his position has disagreed and he filed a court case in Allahabad District court, for his rights of Shankaracharya of Jyotir Math. He later became Shankaracharya of Dwarka peeth. Swaroopanand has given public opinions and conclusions on political subjects and social issues like Jammu and Kashmir, River Ganga pollution and Article 370, Uniform civil code, beef trading and exporting, women worshipping Shani and many more issues. In the year 2016, he blamed the RSS stating that they take the name of the Hindus, but they have no commitment towards Hindutvam.
He was associated with Quit India Movement and the great freedom struggle in the mid-1940s, later he got turned into a yogi in the 1950s and associated with spiritual and religious thoughts.
On Swami Krishnabodha Ashrama’s death in 1973, he replaced his guru. He became the Shankaracharya of Dwarka peeth in the year 1982. His right of Shankaracharya of Jyotir Math in Badrinath drew controversies and a petition at Allahabad District court. In recent times, Swaroopanand has given some of his public opinions related to politics and social issues, which helped him to remain in limelight. He had opposed women worshipping Shani at Shani Shingnapur temple in Ahmednagar. In
2016 he questioned the right of ISKCON to be a part of the Sanatana Dharma.
These are some of the interesting facts and life history of Swaroopanand Saraswati discussed in this article.