page_title: Jayendra Saraswathi
hierarchical_section_title: Jayendra Saraswathi
caption_attribution_description: English: Jayendra Saraswathi
context_page_description: Jagadguru Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya was the 69th Shankaracharya Guru and head or pontiff of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham. Subramanyam Mahadeva Iyer was nominated by his predecessor, Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, as his successor and was given the pontifical title Sri Jayendra Saraswathi on 22 March 1954.
  Nearly forty years after he was chosen as a successor, Jayendra Saraswathi succeeded Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi as the 69th Shankaracharya of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam in 1994. He is the only senior Pontiff of the Mutt who did not anoint his Junior. His Junior was anointed by the then Senior Pontiff Maha Periyavaa during his lifetime in the early 1980s.
context_section_description: Jagadguru Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya (born Subramanyam Mahadeva; 18 July 1935 – 28 February 2018) was the 69th Shankaracharya Guru and head or pontiff (Pïțhādhipati) of the  Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham. Subramanyam Mahadeva Iyer was nominated by his predecessor, Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, as his successor and was given the pontifical title Sri Jayendra Saraswathi on 22 March 1954.
  Nearly forty years after he was chosen as a successor, Jayendra Saraswathi succeeded Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi as the 69th Shankaracharya of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam in 1994. He is the only senior Pontiff of the Mutt who did not anoint his Junior.  His Junior was anointed by the then Senior Pontiff Maha Periyavaa during his lifetime in the early 1980s.
caption: Jayendra Saraswati Swamigal
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