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	Sri Nishchalananda Saraswati was born Neelambar Jha in a [[Maithil Brahmin]] family in [[Madhubani, India\|Madhubani]] in 1943. He was a son of the ''Raja-Pandita'' (Royal Priest) of the Maharaja of [[Raj Darbhanga\|Darabhanga]] to Pandit Lalvamshi Jha and Smt. Gita Devi. His father was a renowned Sanskrit scholar and court vidwan of the [[Darbhanga Kingdom]]. <ref>{{Cite web \|date=2018-09-22 \|title=जगतगुरु शङ्कराचार्य स्वामी निश्चलानंद जी महाराज {{!}} गोवर्धन मठ {{!}} {{!}} जगतगुरु शङ्कराचार्य स्वामी निश्चलानंद जी महाराज {{!}} \|url=http://govardhanpeeth.org/shankarachrya-matha/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81-%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922115625/http://govardhanpeeth.org/shankarachrya-matha/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81-%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE/ \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=2018-09-22 \|access-date=2022-03-26 }}</ref>		Sri Nishchalananda Saraswati was born Neelambar Jha in a [[Maithil Brahmin]] family in [[Madhubani, India\|Madhubani]] in 1943. He was a son of the ''Raja-Pandita'' (Royal Priest) of the Maharaja of [[Raj Darbhanga\|Darabhanga]] to Pandit Lalvamshi Jha and Smt. Gita Devi. His father was a renowned Sanskrit scholar and court vidwan of the [[Darbhanga Kingdom]].<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2018-09-22 \|title=जगतगुरु शङ्कराचार्य स्वामी निश्चलानंद जी महाराज {{!}} गोवर्धन मठ {{!}} {{!}} जगतगुरु शङ्कराचार्य स्वामी निश्चलानंद जी महाराज {{!}} \|url=http://govardhanpeeth.org/shankarachrya-matha/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81-%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922115625/http://govardhanpeeth.org/shankarachrya-matha/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81-%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE/ \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=2018-09-22 \|access-date=2022-03-26 }}</ref>

	He studied at Tibbia College, Delhi, before taking initiation as a [[Brahmacharya\|Brahmachari]]. He was given the name ''Dhruvachaitanya'' by Swami Sri Naradanand Saraswati of Naimisharanya. He studied [[Shastra~~\|Shastras~~]] in Kashi, [[Vrindavan]], [[Haridwar]], [[Prayagraj]], [[Naimiṣāraṇya (forest)\|Naimisharanya]], [[Puri (city)\|Puri]] and [[Sringeri]].		He studied at Tibbia College, Delhi, before taking initiation as a [[Brahmacharya\|Brahmachari]]. He was given the name ''Dhruvachaitanya'' by Swami Sri Naradanand Saraswati of Naimisharanya. He studied [[Shastra]]s in Kashi, [[Vrindavan]], [[Haridwar]], [[Prayagraj]], [[Naimiṣāraṇya (forest)\|Naimisharanya]], [[Puri (city)\|Puri]] and [[Sringeri]].

	== Career ==		== Career ==
	He participated in cow protection movements and was imprisoned for 52 days in 1966 for his advocacy in Dharma Samrat Karpatriji ~~Maharaj’s~~ protests against cow slaughtering. On 11 April 1974 in Haridwar, he was ordained into [[Sannyasa]] by [[Swami Karpatri\|Swami Karapatri]], who bestowed upon him the monastic name Nishchalananda Saraswati.		He participated in cow protection movements and was imprisoned for 52 days in 1966 for his advocacy in Dharma Samrat Karpatriji Maharaj's protests against cow slaughtering. On 11 April 1974 in Haridwar, he was ordained into [[Sannyasa]] by [[Swami Karpatri\|Swami Karapatri]], who bestowed upon him the monastic name Nishchalananda Saraswati.

	He was appointed 145th Shankaracharya of the Govardhan Math in Puri by Swami Niranjanadev Tirtha ji Maharaj on 9 February 1992 ([[Vikram Samvat]] 2048).		He was appointed 145th Shankaracharya of the Govardhan Math in Puri by Swami Niranjanadev Tirtha ji Maharaj on 9 February 1992 ([[Vikram Samvat]] 2048).

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	'''Nishchalananda Saraswati''' is an Indian [[Hindus\|Hindu]] spiritual leader and scholar in the [[Advaita Vedanta]] tradition. He is the 145th [[Jagadguru]] [[Shankaracharya]] of the [[Govardhan Math\|Purvamnaya Sri Govardhana Peetha]] of [[Puri, Odisha]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=Swami Nischalananda Saraswati \|url=https://www.govardhanpeeth.org/en/about-us-en/swami-nischalananda-saraswati \|website=Govardhan Math, Puri \|access-date=17 December 2021 \|language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|last1=Subhashish \|first1=Mohanty \|title='Shankaracharya is an institution' \|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/odisha/lsquo-shankaracharya-is-an-institution-rsquo/cid/1466941 \|website=[[Telegraph India]] \|access-date=17 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Puri Shankaracharya Happy with Move to Keep Govardhan Math out of Endowment Act, Seeks Total Autonomy \|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/puri-shankaracharya-happy-with-move-to-keep-govardhan-math-out-of-endowment-act-seeks-total-autonomy-2357089.html \|website=[[News18]] \|access-date=17 December 2021 \|language=en \|date=22 October 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023125132/https://www.news18.com/news/india/puri-shankaracharya-happy-with-move-to-keep-govardhan-math-out-of-endowment-act-seeks-total-autonomy-2357089.html \|archive-date=2019-10-23 \|url-status=live }}</ref> '''Jagadguru Shankharacharya''' is believed to be the reincarnation of Lord Shiva (a god worshipped by sanatanis) himself, with a divine gift of vedic mathematics from the sun itself.		'''Nishchalananda Saraswati''' is an Indian [[Hindus\|Hindu]] spiritual leader and scholar in the [[Advaita Vedanta]] tradition. He is the 145th [[Jagadguru]] [[Shankaracharya]] of the [[Govardhan Math\|Purvamnaya Sri Govardhana Peetha]] of [[Puri, Odisha]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=Swami Nischalananda Saraswati \|url=https://www.govardhanpeeth.org/en/about-us-en/swami-nischalananda-saraswati \|website=Govardhan Math, Puri \|access-date=17 December 2021 \|language=en-gb\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20261009052645/https://www.govardhanpeeth.org/en/about-us-en/swami-nischalananda-saraswati \|archive-date=2026-10-09 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|last1=Subhashish \|first1=Mohanty \|title='Shankaracharya is an institution' \|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/odisha/lsquo-shankaracharya-is-an-institution-rsquo/cid/1466941 \|website=[[Telegraph India]] \|access-date=17 December 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20261009052715/https://www.telegraphindia.com/odisha/lsquo-shankaracharya-is-an-institution-rsquo/cid/1466941 \|archive-date=2026-10-09 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Puri Shankaracharya Happy with Move to Keep Govardhan Math out of Endowment Act, Seeks Total Autonomy \|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/puri-shankaracharya-happy-with-move-to-keep-govardhan-math-out-of-endowment-act-seeks-total-autonomy-2357089.html \|website=[[News18]] \|access-date=17 December 2021 \|language=en \|date=22 October 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023125132/https://www.news18.com/news/india/puri-shankaracharya-happy-with-move-to-keep-govardhan-math-out-of-endowment-act-seeks-total-autonomy-2357089.html \|archive-date=2019-10-23 \|url-status=live }}</ref> '''Jagadguru Shankharacharya''' is believed to be the reincarnation of Lord Shiva (a god worshipped by sanatanis) himself, with a divine gift of vedic mathematics from the sun itself.

	==Early life==		==Early life==

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	'''Nishchalananda Saraswati''' is an Indian [[Hindus\|Hindu]] spiritual leader and scholar in the [[Advaita Vedanta]] tradition. He is the 145th [[Jagadguru]] [[Shankaracharya]] of the [[Govardhan Math\|Purvamnaya Sri Govardhana Peetha]] of [[Puri, Odisha]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=Swami Nischalananda Saraswati \|url=https://www.govardhanpeeth.org/en/about-us-en/swami-nischalananda-saraswati \|website=Govardhan Math, Puri \|access-date=17 December 2021 \|language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|last1=Subhashish \|first1=Mohanty \|title='Shankaracharya is an institution' \|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/odisha/lsquo-shankaracharya-is-an-institution-rsquo/cid/1466941 \|website=[[Telegraph India]] \|access-date=17 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Puri Shankaracharya Happy with Move to Keep Govardhan Math out of Endowment Act, Seeks Total Autonomy \|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/puri-shankaracharya-happy-with-move-to-keep-govardhan-math-out-of-endowment-act-seeks-total-autonomy-2357089.html \|website=[[News18]] \|access-date=17 December 2021 \|language=en \|date=22 October 2019}}</ref> '''Jagadguru Shankharacharya''' is believed to be the reincarnation of Lord Shiva (a god worshipped by sanatanis) himself, with a divine gift of vedic mathematics from the sun itself.		'''Nishchalananda Saraswati''' is an Indian [[Hindus\|Hindu]] spiritual leader and scholar in the [[Advaita Vedanta]] tradition. He is the 145th [[Jagadguru]] [[Shankaracharya]] of the [[Govardhan Math\|Purvamnaya Sri Govardhana Peetha]] of [[Puri, Odisha]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=Swami Nischalananda Saraswati \|url=https://www.govardhanpeeth.org/en/about-us-en/swami-nischalananda-saraswati \|website=Govardhan Math, Puri \|access-date=17 December 2021 \|language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|last1=Subhashish \|first1=Mohanty \|title='Shankaracharya is an institution' \|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/odisha/lsquo-shankaracharya-is-an-institution-rsquo/cid/1466941 \|website=[[Telegraph India]] \|access-date=17 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Puri Shankaracharya Happy with Move to Keep Govardhan Math out of Endowment Act, Seeks Total Autonomy \|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/puri-shankaracharya-happy-with-move-to-keep-govardhan-math-out-of-endowment-act-seeks-total-autonomy-2357089.html \|website=[[News18]] \|access-date=17 December 2021 \|language=en \|date=22 October 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023125132/https://www.news18.com/news/india/puri-shankaracharya-happy-with-move-to-keep-govardhan-math-out-of-endowment-act-seeks-total-autonomy-2357089.html \|archive-date=2019-10-23 \|url-status=live }}</ref> '''Jagadguru Shankharacharya''' is believed to be the reincarnation of Lord Shiva (a god worshipped by sanatanis) himself, with a divine gift of vedic mathematics from the sun itself.

	==Early life==		==Early life==

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'''Nishchalananda Saraswati''' is an Indian [[Hindus|Hindu]] spiritual leader and scholar in the [[Advaita Vedanta]] tradition. He is the 145th [[Jagadguru]] [[Shankaracharya]] of the [[Govardhan Math|Purvamnaya Sri Govardhana Peetha]] of [[Puri, Odisha]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Swami Nischalananda Saraswati |url=https://www.govardhanpeeth.org/en/about-us-en/swami-nischalananda-saraswati |website=Govardhan Math, Puri |access-date=17 December 2021 |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Subhashish |first1=Mohanty |title='Shankaracharya is an institution' |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/odisha/lsquo-shankaracharya-is-an-institution-rsquo/cid/1466941 |website=[[Telegraph India]] |access-date=17 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Puri Shankaracharya Happy with Move to Keep Govardhan Math out of Endowment Act, Seeks Total Autonomy |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/puri-shankaracharya-happy-with-move-to-keep-govardhan-math-out-of-endowment-act-seeks-total-autonomy-2357089.html |website=[[News18]] |access-date=17 December 2021 |language=en |date=22 October 2019}}</ref> '''Jagadguru Shankharacharya''' is believed to be the reincarnation of Lord Shiva (a god worshipped by sanatanis) himself, with a divine gift of vedic mathematics from the sun itself.

==Early life==

Sri Nishchalananda Saraswati was born Neelambar Jha in a [[Maithil Brahmin]] family in [[Madhubani, India|Madhubani]] in 1943. He was a son of the ''Raja-Pandita'' (Royal Priest) of the Maharaja of [[Raj Darbhanga|Darabhanga]] to Pandit Lalvamshi Jha and Smt. Gita Devi. His father was a renowned Sanskrit scholar and court vidwan of the [[Darbhanga Kingdom]]. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-09-22 |title=जगतगुरु शङ्कराचार्य स्वामी निश्चलानंद जी महाराज {{!}} गोवर्धन मठ {{!}} {{!}} जगतगुरु शङ्कराचार्य स्वामी निश्चलानंद जी महाराज {{!}} |url=http://govardhanpeeth.org/shankarachrya-matha/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81-%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922115625/http://govardhanpeeth.org/shankarachrya-matha/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81-%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2018-09-22 |access-date=2022-03-26 }}</ref>

He studied at Tibbia College, Delhi, before taking initiation as a [[Brahmacharya|Brahmachari]]. He was given the name ''Dhruvachaitanya'' by Swami Sri Naradanand Saraswati of Naimisharanya. He studied [[Shastra|Shastras]] in Kashi, [[Vrindavan]], [[Haridwar]], [[Prayagraj]], [[Naimiṣāraṇya (forest)|Naimisharanya]], [[Puri (city)|Puri]] and [[Sringeri]].

== Career ==
He participated in cow protection movements and was imprisoned for 52 days in 1966 for his advocacy in Dharma Samrat Karpatriji Maharaj’s protests against cow slaughtering. On 11 April 1974 in Haridwar, he was ordained into [[Sannyasa]] by [[Swami Karpatri|Swami Karapatri]], who bestowed upon him the monastic name Nishchalananda Saraswati.

He was appointed 145th Shankaracharya of the Govardhan Math in Puri by Swami Niranjanadev Tirtha ji Maharaj on 9 February 1992 ([[Vikram Samvat]] 2048).

On 11 February 2018, the silver jubilee (25th anniversary) of the ''pattabhisheka'' of Swami Nishchalananda Saraswati was celebrated in Puri, attended by the [[List of chief ministers of Odisha|Chief Minister of Odisha]], [[Naveen Patnaik]], former [[King of Nepal]], [[Gyanendra of Nepal|Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev]], and [[Gajapati (title)|Gajapati]] Maharaja [[Dibyasingha Deba]] of Puri.

==See also==
*[[Advaita Vedanta]]
*[[Adi Shankara]]
*[[Smartism]]

== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://www.govardhanpeeth.org/en/ Purvamnaya Sri Govardhana Peetham]
*[http://www.sankaracharya.org About Shri Adi Sankarcharya and His Parampara]

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