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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Seventy first Head of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam}}<br />
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| name = Satya Chandrashekharendra Saraswati<br />
| title = [[Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham|Kānchi Kāmakoti Pīṭham Uttarādhikāri]]<br />
| image = Sri Satya Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi Mahaswamy.jpg<br />
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| birth_name = Duddu Satya Venkata Surya Subrahmanya Ganesha Sharma Dravid<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|4|29|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Annavaram]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
| website = www.kamakoti.org<br />
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| philosophy = [[Advaitam]]<br />
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'''Satya Chandrashekharendra Saraswati Swamigal''' (Sanskrit: श्री सत्य चन्द्रशेखरेन्द्र सरस्वती, [[IAST]]: Śrí Satya Chandraśekharendra Saraswatī) will be the 71st ''Jagadguru Pīṭhādhipati'' of [[Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham]], [[Kanchipuram]]. He is anointed following his [[Sannyasa]] [[Diksha]] by [[Vijayendra Saraswati]], the 70th Pontiff, on 30 April 2025.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kanchi Seer Picks Telugu Pandit As His Successor|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/telangana/kanchi-seer-picks-telugu-pandit-as-his-successor-1875159|website=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|date=25 April 2025|access-date=30 April 2025}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Satya Chandrashekharendra Saraswati was born in 1999 as Duddu Satya Venkata Surya Subrahmanya Ganesha Sharma Dravid in [[Annavaram]] village of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2025/04/25/who-is-ganesha-sharma-dravid-new-pontiff-of-kanchi-kamakoti-peetham-to-be-anointed-next-week.html|title = Who is Ganesha Sharma Dravid? New pontiff of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham to be anointed next week|website=[[The Week (Indian magazine)|The Week]]|date=25 April 2025|access-date=30 April 2025}}</ref> At age six, Ganesha began rigorous Vedic studies, mastering the [[Rigveda]] under Ratnakara Bhattu at [[Venkateswara Temple, Dwaraka Tirumala|Dwaraka Tirumala temple]], earning the title ''Salakshana Ghanapati'' for his expertise. By 2006, he was initiated into Vedic learning with the blessings of [[Vijayendra Saraswathi]] of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, who supported his education.<ref name=Toi>{{Cite news|last=Rao|first=Umamaheswara|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vijayawada/from-vedic-scholar-to-uttaradhikari-of-kanchi-kamakoti-peetham/articleshow/120651061.cms|title = From Vedic scholar to Uttaradhikari of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam|website=[[The Times of India]]|date=26 April 2025|access-date=30 April 2025}}</ref><br />
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Ganesha Sharma’s scholarly journey included mastering the [[Yajurveda]], [[Samaveda]], [[Six limbs (Indian painting)|Shadangas]], and [[Principal Upanishads|Dashopanishads]], alongside serving as a priest at Annavaram and Basara temples, where he became the ''Ashthana Rig Veda Pandit''.<ref name=Toi/> In his early twenties, he moved to Kanchipuram to study Sanskrit, Shastras, and Tamil under Kanchi Mutt scholars, deepening his spiritual and linguistic prowess.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2025/Apr/27/ganesha-sharma-dravid-to-be-anointed-71st-uttaradhikari-of-kanchi-kamakoti-peetam|title = Ganesha Sharma Dravid to be anointed 71st Uttaradhikari of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam|website=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=27 April 2025|access-date=30 April 2025}}</ref><br />
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==Anointment==<br />
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On April 30, 2025, during [[Akshaya Tritiya]], he was anointed as 71st Shankaracharya of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, receiving Sanyasa Deeksha and the honorific title ''Sri Satya Chandrashekharendra Saraswati'', coinciding with [[Adi Shankara]]’s 2534th birth anniversary.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sri Subramanya Ganesha Sharma appointed 71st Pontiff of Kanchi Sankara Mutt|url=https://thesouthfirst.com/tamilnadu/sri-subramanya-ganesha-sharma-appointed-71st-pontiff-of-kanchi-sankara-mutt/|website=The South First|language=en|date=30 April 2025}}</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.kamakoti.org/ Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham]<br />
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