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{{Infobox Hindu leader<br />
|name = Vijayendra Saraswathi<br />
|image = Vijayendra saraswathi.jpg<br />
| religion = [[Hinduism]]<br />
|title = [[Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham|Kānchi Kāmakoti Pīṭādhipati]]<br />
|caption = Kanchi Vijayendra Saraswathi<br />
|birth_name = Sankara Narayanan<br />
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|3|13|df=y}}<br />
|birth_place = Periyapalayam, [[Tiruvallur]]<br />
|website = www.kamakoti.org<br />
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|nationality = [[India]]n<br />
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|title = [[Kanchi Kāmakoti Pīṭādipati]]<br />
|term_start = 28 Feb 2018<br />
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|predecessor = [[Jayendra Saraswathi]]<br />
|Honour = [[Bala periyava]]<br />
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|residence = Kanchi Kamakoti Mutt <br />
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'''Shankara Vijayendra Saraswathi''' (born 13 March 1969) is the 70th Jagadguru of [[Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam]], [[Kanchipuram]]. He became the senior Pontiff of the Kanchi Mutt following the attainment of Vidhehamukthi of [[Jayendra Saraswati]], the 69th Pontiff, on 28 February 2018.<ref name="ndtv1">{{cite web|title=Know All About Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/know-all-about-kanchi-shankaracharya-jayendra-saraswathi-life-facts-death-successor-1818124|website=NDTV.com|access-date=28 February 2018}}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Sri Shankara Vijayendra Saraswathi was born in 1969 as Sankara Narayanan<ref>https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2018/mar/01/sri-vijayendra-saraswathi-brilliance-made-him-the-pontiff-of-kanchi-mutt-1780716.html</ref> in Periyapalayam village near [[Arani, Chennai|Arani]] in [[Tiruvallur]].<ref>{{cite web|title=History of Kamakoti Matham|url=http://kamakoti.org/peeth/origin.html#appendix2|website=Kamakoti.org|language=en|date=24 August 2018}}</ref> He attended a village school in [[Periyapalayam]] and studied the [[Vedas]] with his father, Sri Krishnamurthy Sastri, a Vedic scholar and teacher. He joined the [[Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham]] when he was 13 and was named 70th Peetadipati in 1983.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vijayendra Saraswati: A quick look at the new Kanchi Shankaracharya and head of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam|url=http://zeenews.india.com/india/vijayendra-saraswati-is-new-the-head-of-kanchi-kamakoti-peetam-heres-a-quick-guide-2085306.html|website=Zee News|access-date=1 March 2018|language=en|date=28 February 2018}}</ref><br />
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*[http://www.kamakoti.org/ Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham] <br />
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