The last rites for the Shankarayacharya of Kanchi, Jayendra Saraswathi, were conducted on Thursday, the temple trust said in a statement.
The last rites for the Shankarayacharya of Kanchi, Jayendra Saraswathi, were conducted on Thursday, the temple trust said in a statement.
The Hindu seer, who had a large following globally, died of a cardiac arrest on Wednesday. He was 82.
More than 1 lakh people have taken his darshan since yesterday. At 8 am,we will start the rituals.Obituary will be done at this place only, so public can see.He will be decorated & his body will be taken to the place he has to be kept, Sundareshan, Manager of Kanchi Sankara Mutt.
The 82-year old head of the Kanchi Mutt was suffering from diabetes and had collapsed at the mutt with shortness of breath and was admitted to Chennai's Ramachandra hospital last month.
The last rites, known as the 'Brindavana Pravesha Karyakramam' in Vedic context, are expected to go on until noon today, news agency ANI stated.
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his grief over the demise of Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati.
"Deeply anguished by the passing away of Acharya of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam Jagadguru Pujyashri Jayendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya. He will live on in the hearts and minds of lakhs of devotees due to his exemplary service and noblest thoughts. Om Shanti to the departed soul," he tweeted.
A group of Muslims had paid last respects to the seer, underlining the pan-religious ties maintained by the Sankara mutt's seers.
The group led by the head of local Jummah Masjid, the largest in this town, visited the mutt and stood in silence in front of the mortal remains of the seer.
After paying their last respects, they met Vijayendra Saraswathi, the junior pontiff, and expressed their condolences on the senior acharya's death.
Earlier, they were received by the mutt officials.
Speaking to PTI, J Mohammed, head of the mosque said, "We have cordial relations with the mutt since the times of Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi (predecessor of Jayendra Saraswathi).
"When some objected to the presence of a mosque in the vicinity of the mutt decades ago, Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi had said a mosque is a house of God and there should be no objection.”
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