Kanchi seer Jayendrar’s final appearance in a documentary

The recently deceased Kanchi seer, Sri Jayendra Saraswathi, will be seen in a documentary on his guru,

Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati

(called

Mahaa Periyava

and Paramacharyar by devotees), that has been directed by Chennai-based theatre person and filmmaker S Shivpprasadh. Shivpprasadh, the nephew of yesteryear actor RS Manohar, claims that this could perhaps be the last documentary to feature the 69th pontiff of

Kanchi Sankara Mutt

.

“In fact, we began the documentary after taking the blessings of

Sri Jayendrar

, who asked Sri Vijayendra Saraswathi (the junior pontiff), to deliver a speech on Paramacharyar, which opens the film.

Jayendrar

will be seen in the closing portions, performing arti at Mahaa Periyava’s Brindavan,” informs the filmmaker, who had shot this portion on November 13, 2017. “On the previous day, November 12, there was heavy rain across Chennai and Kanchipuram, but thanks to divine intervention, on the day of the shoot, there was hardly any rain in

Thenambakkam

, where we shot Jayendrar’s portion.

“We had planned to organise a screening of the documentary for Jayendrar, and were waiting for him to make his recovery, but destiny willed otherwise,” he adds.