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  Shankaracharya criticises Ramdev's 'honeymoon & picnic' remark

  India | April 28, 2014 16:46 IST

  Haridwar: Taking exception to yoga guru Ramdev's “honeymoon and picnic” remark, Puri Govardhan Peeth Shankaracharya Swami Adhokchajanand today said saints are expected to utter sacred words and not obscenities.“Baba has already brought considerable disrepute to

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  Modi to visit Odisha on July 16, meet Shankaracharya

  India | July 13, 2013 18:35 IST

  Bhubaneswar, July 13: Gujarat Chief Minister Narenda Modi is scheduled to meet the Puri Shankaracharya and the Gajapati king during his visit to Odisha on July 16, party sources said.“(The Gujarat CM's) Odisha visit is

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  Uttarakhand: Another shankaracharya approves mass cremation

  India | June 27, 2013 8:07 IST

  Varanasi, Jun 27: Swami Narendranand Saraswati, shankaracharya of Sumeru Peeth, on Wednesday supported mass cremation of unclaimed bodies in Kedarnath saying that it has been an ancient tradition to carry out mass cremation after big

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  Uttarakhand: Shankaracharya, chief priest lock horns over Kedarnath jyotirlingam pooja rites

  India | June 26, 2013 15:26 IST

  Kedarnath, Jun 26: As Kedarnath, one  of the holiest Hindu shrines, stands desolate amid ruins all around, a nasty fight has broken out between Jagatguru Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopananda Sarasawati and the head priest (Rawal) Bhimashankara

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  Maha Kumbh: Shankaracharya relents following letter from UP CM

  India | January 26, 2013 19:53 IST

  Allahabad, Jan 26: After threatening a boycott of the Maha Kumbh on account of a dispute over land allotment, Shankaracharya of Dwarka Peeth Swami Swaroopananda Saraswati has relented and decided to take part in the