Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Swamigal (born July 18, 1935 as Subramanyam Mahadeva Iyer) is the 69th Shankaracharya (guru and head or pontiff (Peetadhipathi) of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham), a Hindu religious order. July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 166 days remaining. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... Shankaracharya, (IAST: Śankarāchārya) is a commonly used title of heads of maţhas (monasteries) in the Advaita tradition. ... Guru - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Kanchi matha is known formally as Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham. ... This article discusses the adherents of Hinduism. ... A religious order may mean any of the following: // In Buddhist societies such as Sri Lanka, Thailand, Korea and Tibet, a religious order is one of the strikingly large number of monastic orders of monks and nuns. ...

Subramanyam Mahadeva Iyer was nominated by his predecessor, Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswati as his successor and was given the title Sri Jayendra Saraswathi on March 22, 1954. He is one of the leading religious figures in Hinduism today. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (82nd in leap years). ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

As the head of the order, he has taken an active role in the promotion of education and social welfare. He was instrumental in establishing many schools and educational institutions to cater to the needs of poor. He established many hospitals including the Shankara Nethralaya in Chennai and Guwahati, Assam, and the Children's Hospital, Hindu Mission Hospital and the Tamilnadu Hospital. These provide free and low cost medical care for the poor and needy. [1] He involved himself in the removal of caste based differences in Hindu society, he was the first Shankaracharya to visit the homes of "lower" caste Hindus. [2] He has also attempted to mediate in the resolution of the Ram Janmabhoomi issue. He has also publicly opposed proselytization practised by Christian missionaries in India, [3] which later resulted in the Jayalalithaa government in Tamil Nadu enacting a law to ban religious conversion by force or inducement[4]. The Tamil Nadu government also started to enforce the a preexisting ban on animal sacrifice in temples[5], echoing concerns raised by Jayendra Saraswathi. “Madras” redirects here. ... Guwahati   (Assamese: গুৱাহাটী) is a major city in eastern India, often considered as the gateway to the North-East Region (NER) of the country and is the largest city within the region. ... Assam   (Assamese: অসম Ôxôm) is a north eastern state of India with its capital at Dispur, a part of Guwahati. ... Caste systems are traditional, hereditary systems of social stratification, enforced by law or common practice, based on classifications such as occupation, race, ethnicity, etc. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... The English language word proselytism is derived ultimately from the Greek language prefix pros (towards) and the verb erchomai (to come). ... Jayalalitha Jayalalithaa Jayaram or J.Jayalalithaa (born February 24, 1948) is the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, India (since March 2, 2002). ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ...

He was arrested on November 11, 2004 and charged by state prosecutors of conspiring in the murder of a temple manager, Sankararaman. On January 10, 2005, the Supreme Court of India granted him bail, after finding that there was no prima facie case made out against him. [6] November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Supreme Court of India is the highest court of the land as established by Part V, Chapter IV of the Constitution of India. ...

On 26th October 2005, the Supreme Court of India transferred the case out of Tamil Nadu state to the union territory of Pondicherry. The Supreme Court found that the actions of the state authorities gave rise to reasonable apprehension that the accused will not get justice in the state. The Supreme Court also recorded that the State government was intolerant to the lawyers, opposition, the Press, the media and any member of the Public who had expressed dissention in the matter of the arrest and intimidated them. [7].

The Shankaracharya's arrest attracted a great deal of media coverage, prompting accusations of a trial by media, which kind of coverage slowed down only after the successive verdicts of the High courts in Andhra Pradesh and Chennai and the Supreme Court of India. The High Court of Andhra Pradesh found that the media organisations' conduct was improper.[8]

External links

• The Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham
• Profile of Jayendra Saraswathi at BBC news website
• Complete text of the Order of the Supreme Court of India in dismissing the application of the Government of Tamilnadu in seeking the stay of the Shankarachaya outside the States of South India
• complete text of the Order of Writ Mandamus issued by the Madras High Court against the Government of Tamilnadu holding that the freezing of the bank accounts by the Police is illegal
• Kanchi Forum an online forum. (a forum for devotees of the acharyas to share their views)
• Cover Story on Jayendra Saraswathi, in Frontline news magazine.