What is Jayendra Saraswathi?
[[File:Jayendra Saraswathi 3 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Saraswathi in June 2007]] '''Jagadguru Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya''' (born '''Subramanyam Mahadeva '''; 18 July 1935 &ndash; 28 February 2018) was an Indian guru. He was the 69th [[Shankaracharya]] [[Guru]] and head or pontiff (Pïțhādhipati) of the [[Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/navigation/|title=- Page archiveSearch|website=Frontline}}</ref> He served as head from 22 March 1954 until his death in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.advaita-vedanta.org//avhp/alt_hindu_msg.html|title=Real history of the Kanchi math (Re: Former President Inaugurates...) Celebrations|website=www.advaita-vedanta.org}}</ref> He was born in [[Irulneeki, Thanjavur dt]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. Saraswathi died at a hospital in [[Kamakshi]], India of [[respiratory failure]] on 28 February 2018 at the age of 82.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tamilnewslive.com/tamilnadu/kanchi-sankaracharyar-jayendra-saraswathi-died |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-02-28 |archive-date=2018-02-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228173413/https://www.tamilnewslive.com/tamilnadu/kanchi-sankaracharyar-jayendra-saraswathi-died/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.kamakoti.org/ The Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham] *[http://www.frontline.in/navigation/?type=static&page=archiveSearch&aid=20041203006300800&ais=24&avol=21] *The Sacred and the Profane [http://tehelka.com/the-sacred-and-the-profane-all-rolled-into-one/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430205437/http://tehelka.com/the-sacred-and-the-profane-all-rolled-into-one/ |date=2013-04-30 }} *[http://judis.nic.in/supremecourt/qrydisp.asp?tfnm=27302 Complete text of the Order of the Supreme Court of India in dismissing the application of the Government of Tamil Nadu in seeking the stay of the Shankarachaya outside the States of South India] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190535/http://judis.nic.in/