sanyasa deeksha

Shravanabelagola (Hassan) Twenty-five years ago, her grandfather took sanyasa deeksha in Shravanabelagola and travelled across the country, propagating universal peace and harmony.

Shrutikumari, a 19-year-old girl from Gadag, has decided to take “sanyasi deeksha”.

Dharmadharshi of Talakala Dharma Chavadi, Sri Krishna Deviprasada Thirtha, was found dead in the mutt near Gurupura on Friday.

The Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam has chosen a young Vedic scholar from Andhra Pradesh to be its next pedathipathi. The anointment ceremony for the 71st Shankaracharya is scheduled for Akshaya Trithiya, April 30. Sankaracharya Vijayendra Saraswathi announced the sanyasa deeksha for the new pontiff, continuing the tradition of inducting young acharyas into the mutt.

The successor of Vishwesha Teertha Seer is Vishwaprasanna Teertha. He is 34th in the lineage of the Pejavara Mutt, starting from Sri Adhokshaja Tirtharu, who was one of the direct disciples of Sri Madhvacharya.

Sringeri, the site of the Sri Sharada Peetham, is awash in religiosity as the temple town on Thursday commenced the process to appoint the successor to the peetham established by Adi Shankara.

The Kasi Mutt Peethadhipati Raghavendra Teertha Swami has moved a petition at the high court challenging the arrest warrant issued by a local court against him. The arrest warrant against the swami was issued by a magistrate court in Ernakulam, based on an application from a court at Kadappa in Andhra Pradesh.

There is no legal or constitutional bar on giving sanyasa deeksha to persons below the age of 18 years, the Karnataka high court observed on Wednesday, dismissing a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the anointing of a 16-year-old boy as pontiff of Shiroor Mutt, reports

Senior politician and former BJP functionary BJ Puttaswamy on Sunday was crowned pontiff of the newly inaugurated Thaileshwara Ganigara Mahasamsthana Mutt.