Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati no more

Prominent Hindu seer — Shankaracharya of Jyotish, Dwarka and Sharda peeth — Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati died at his ashram in Madhya Pradesh’s Narsinghpur district on Sunday.The 99-year-old seer passed away following prolonged illness.As per the information, the seer breathed last at around 3.30 p.m. after a mild heart attack at the Jhoteshwar Paramhansi Ganga Ashram.Just a few days ago, the seer had celebrated his 99th birthday on the occasion of Hartalika Teej.Narsinghpur MLA and former MP Vidhan Sabha Speaker N. P. Prajapati (who is among the Shankaracharya’s disciples), informed that his “samadhi” will take place at 4 p.m. on Monday near the hillside ashram in the same narsinghpur district.Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati was born at a village known as Dighori in Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh in 1924