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{{Infobox religious biography
{{Infobox religious biography
| honorific-prefix  = Sri
| name              = Bharathi Tirtha
| name              = Sri Bharathi Tirtha Mahaswami
| order              = [[Vedanta]] ([[Sringeri Sharada Peetham|Sringeri Math]])
| order              = [[Vedantha]]  
| honorific_prefix  = His Holiness Shri Jagadguru Shankaracharya
| honorific_prefix  = His Holiness Jagadguru Shankaracharya
| honorific-suffix  = Sri Mahasannidhanam
| honorific-suffix  = Mahasannidhana
| title              = 36th [[Jagadguru]] [[Shankaracharya]] of [[Sringeri Sharada Peetham]]
| title              = 36th [[Jagadguru]] [[Shankaracharya]] of [[Sringeri Sharada Peetha]]
| image              = Jagadguru Bharathi Teertha 2018.jpg
| image              = Jagadguru Bharathi Teertha 2018.jpg
| religion          = [[Hinduism]]
| religion          = [[Hinduism]]
| philosophy        =        
| philosophy        = [[Advaita]] [[Vedanta]]
[[Advaita]] [[Vedantha]], [[Nondualism]]  
| ordination        = 11 November 1974
| ordination        = 11 November 1974
| birth_name        = Seetharama Anjaneyalu
| birth_name        = Seetharama Anjaneyalu
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1951|04|11|df=y}}
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1951|04|11|df=y}}
| birth_place        = Alugumallepadu, Guntur district, [[Andhra Pradesh]], India
| birth_place        = [[Machilipatnam]], [[Madras State]] (present-day [[Andhra]]), India
| nationality        = [[India]]n
| nationality        = [[India]]n
| module            = {{infobox officeholder|embed=yes
| predecessor        = [[Abhinava Vidyatirtha]]
|title = [[Sringeri Sharada Peetha]]
| successor          = [[Vidhushekhara Bharati]]
|term_start = 1974-present
| caption            = Tirtha in 2018
|term_end =
|predecessor = [[Abhinava Vidyatirtha]]
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'''Bharathi Tirtha''', is an Indian religious leader who is the current [[Jagadguru of Sringeri Sharada Peetha|36th]] [[Jagadguru]] [[Shankaracharya]] of the [[Sringeri Sharada Peetha]]. The Sringeri Sharada Peetha
'''Bharathi Tirtha Mahaswamiji''' ({{langx|sa|श्रीभारतीतीर्थमहास्वामिनः}}), (Purvashrama name '''Seetharama Anjaneyalu''') (born 3 April 1951), is an Indian religious leader who is the current and 36th [[Shankaracharya]] of [[Sringeri Sharada Peetham]], an important [[Hindus|Hindu]] monastery in the tradition of [[Advaita Vedanta]] established by Sri [[Adi Shankara]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Maramkal |first1=MB |title=Successor designate appointed |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysuru/Successor-appointed-to-historic-Sharada-peetham-at-Sringeri/articleshow/45993640.cms |accessdate=7 October 2018 |work=Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Murthy |first1=Narasimha |title=Salutations To Sringeri Jagadgurus |date=11 March 2017 |url=https://starofmysore.com/salutations-sringeri-jagadgurus/}}</ref>
has preserved the unbroken lineage of [[guru]]s stretching back to the [[Advaita Vedanta|Advaitic]] [[philosopher]] [[Adi Shankara]]charya, who established the [[matha]] for the propagation and preservation of [[Hinduism|Sanatana Dharma]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Maramkal |first1=MB |title=Successor designate appointed |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysuru/Successor-appointed-to-historic-Sharada-peetham-at-Sringeri/articleshow/45993640.cms |accessdate=7 October 2018 |work=Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Murthy |first1=Narasimha |title=Salutations To Sringeri Jagadgurus |url=https://starofmysore.com/salutations-sringeri-jagadgurus/}}</ref>
 
== Early life ==
 
Bharathi Tirtha (born Seetharama Anjaneyalu) was born 11 April 1951 to a [[Telugu people|Telugu]] [[Smarta tradition|Smarta]] family from Alugumallepadu village in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. He was born on Chaitra Shukla Shasti in the year of Khara (the sixth day of the month of Chaitra as per the [[Hindu calendar]]) as a result of long prayer and penance by his father Venkateswara Avadhani and mother Ananthalakshmamma.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Shastre |first1=Giredhar |title=Jagadvandya Jagadguru (Kannada) |date=2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Chandar |first1=Suresh |title=Inspiring Saint |publisher=Sri Vidyatirtha Foundation,Madras |url=https://archive.org/details/InspiringSaintLifeOfSriBharatiTirthaSureshChandarK.Sringeri/page/n5}}</ref>
 
Seetharama Anjaneyalu (Bharathi's name in his poorvashrama) showed increasing signs of devotion towards God in his childhood. His [[Upanayana|Brahmopadesha]] was performed when he was seven years of age and he was regular in the performance of the prescribed karmas of [[Sandhyavandanam]] three times a day and [[Agnikaryam]], twice a day. In addition to schooling, he spent his time studying [[Sanskrit]] and took [[Vedic]] lessons from his father, who himself was a [[Vedic]] scholar.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chandar |first1=Suresh |title=Inspiring Saint |publisher=Sri Vidyatirtha Foundation,Madras |url=https://archive.org/details/InspiringSaintLifeOfSriBharatiTirthaSureshChandarK.Sringeri/page/n5}}</ref>
 
In the year 1966 at the age of 15, Anjaneyalu approached the 35th Jagadguru of the [[Sringeri Sharada Peetham]], [[Abhinava Vidyatirtha|Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswamiji]] as a bachelor, seeking his blessings and tutelage in the [[sastras]]. The [[Acharya]] accepted the disciple and the lessons in the [[Tarka sastra]]s commenced. The Acharya also kept a close watch over the progress of his ward.<ref>{{cite book |title=Tattvaloka |publisher=Vidyateertha Education Trust |location=Chennai |edition=Sep 2018 |url=http://www.tattvaloka.com/ |accessdate=7 October 2018 |quote=The guru meets His disciple}}</ref>
 
=== Embracing Sanyasa ===
[[Abhinava Vidyatirtha|Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswamiji]] announced his desire to appoint the brahmachari ("bachelor" in [[Sanskrit]]) Seetharama Anjaneyalu as the successor-designate (i.e., as the 36th [[Jagadguru]] [[acharya]]) and give him [[Sanyasa]]. The Shishya Sweekaram ceremony took place on the 11th day of November, 1974 and the brahmachari received the saffron robes, the sacred staff and the kamandalu (water pot) from the [[acharya]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shivaram |first1=Choodie |title=Successor initiated |url=http://digital.hinduismtoday.com/publication/?i=411729&article_id=2798892&view=articleBrowser&ver=html5#{%22issue_id%22:411729,%22view%22:%22articleBrowser%22,%22article_id%22:%222798892%22} |accessdate=6 October 2018 |publisher=Hinduismtoday}}</ref> The newly initiated [[sanyasi]] was given the yogapatta Bharati Teertha in line with the [[Dashanami Sampradaya]] of [[Adi Shankara]]charya.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Geeta |first1=Venktaraman |title=Ascetic extraordinary |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/sri-abhinava-vidyatirtha-ascetic-extraordinary/article25058881.ece |accessdate=8 October 2018 |work=The Hindu|date=27 September 2018 |quote="Successor nominated"}}</ref>
 
== Reign as Pontiff ==
 
The [[Acharya]] is the pontiff, both in spiritual and secular sense. A celibate ascetic by tradition of the [[Sringeri Sharada Peetham|Matha]], he leads the learning institutions within the monastery and worship festivals. In case of differing views on the operation of monastery, his decision is considered by the monks as binding.{{sfn|AK Shastri|1999|pp=75-76}} He is also responsible for screening, studying and selecting the monk who will succeed him as the next pontiff.{{sfn|AK Shastri|1999|pp=77-78}}


Bharati Teertha Mahaswami has studied [[shastras]] like [[Vedanta]], [[Mimamsa]], [[Tarka sastra|Tarka]], [[Nyaya]], [[Vyakarana]] amongst others and has completed his studies in the [[Yajur Veda]] in [[Sadvidya Sanjivini Pathasala]] prior to taking up [[Sanyasa]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vidya |first1=Shree |title=Ideal Pontiff |url=https://shreevidyaranyasameethi.wordpress.com/2017/12/21/lineage-of-gurus/ |publisher=Shrividyaranya Samethi}}</ref> The devotees of the [[Sringeri Sharada Peetham]] pay frequent visits to the [[matha]] seeking guidance and blessings.<ref>{{cite book |title=Jagadguruvin Arulamuda Thuzigal |date=2010 |publisher=Sri Vidya Bharathi press |language=Tamil}}</ref> Many notable personalities like [[Narendra Modi]], [[Abdul Kalam]] and others pay frequent visits and seek guidance.<ref>{{cite web |title=Modi meets acharya |url=https://bharatabharati.wordpress.com/modi-sringeri-acharya/}}</ref> The [[Acharya]] delivers benedictory addresses in Indian languages like [[Sanskrit]], [[Kannada]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Hindi]] which are available on [https://www.youtube.com/user/sharadapeetham Youtube].<ref>{{cite book |last1=K |first1=Suresh |title=Acharyalin Ponmozhigal |date=2010 |publisher=SSP |language=Tamil}}</ref> As part of the tradition, the [[acharya]] also undertakes Vijaya Yatras (tours) to visit different places and guide the devotees. The most recent one took place in the year 2017 which covered the states of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Kerala]] and [[Karnataka]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Special |first1=Correspondence |title=Reception accorded to the Jagadguru |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/reception-accorded-to-sringeri-seers/article19152941.ece |accessdate=8 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Staff Reporter |title=Pontiffs arrive in the city |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/sringeri-pontiffs-arrive-in-city/article18204129.ece |accessdate=8 October 2018 |work=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=A |first1=Rajagopal |title=Sringeri mutt chief arrives in capital |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2017/jun/12/sringeri-mutt-chief-arrives-in-capital-1615588.html |accessdate=8 October 2018 |publisher=The new Indian Express}}</ref> The various events involved in the Vijaya Yatra are covered by [[Sri Sankara TV]], which broadcasts the highlights on a daily basis during the course of the Vijaya Yatra.
== Early life and career ==


During his reign as the [[Jagadguru]], assisted by [[V. R. Gowrishankar]] - the current [[CEO]] and administrator of the [[Sringeri Sharada Peetham]], the [[matha]] has also undertook activities in the field of education and social service in addition to being a seat of Vedic learning.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Correspondence |first1=Special |title=Seat of Learning |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/book-on-sringeri-peetam-released/article25100939.ece |accessdate=6 October 2018}}</ref><ref name="Bricks laid for Sringeri Sharada Peetham Temple in Houston">{{cite web | url=http://india-herald.com/bricks-laid-for-sringeri-sharada-peetham-temple-in-houston-p3559-1.htm | title=Bricks laid for Sringeri Sharada Peetham Temple in Houston | work=India Herald| date=28 August 2013 | accessdate=20 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Correspendence |first1=Special |title=Sringeri seer releases a book about the Peetham |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/book-on-sringeri-peetam-released/article25100939.ece |accessdate=6 October 2018}}</ref><ref name="The Management and Board Members">{{cite web | url=http://www.adishankara.ac.in/administration.aspx | title=The Management and Board Members | publisher=Adi Shankara Institute of Engineering Technology | date=2016 | accessdate=21 January 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114190202/http://www.adishankara.ac.in/administration.aspx | archive-date=14 January 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Management Team">{{cite web | url=http://www.rangadorememorialhospital.com/teammanagement.htm | title=Management Team | publisher=Rangadore Memorial Hospital | date=2016 | accessdate=21 January 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308023859/http://www.rangadorememorialhospital.com/teammanagement.htm | archive-date=8 March 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
Jagadguru Sri Sri Sri Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamiji was born 03 April 1951 to a [[Telugu people|Telugu]] [[Smarta tradition|Smartha]] family from [[Machilipatnam]]. His family later moved to [[Narasaraopet]], [[Andhra Pradesh]].


== Appointment of the successor ==
He was a religiously minded child. His ''[[upanayana]]'' ceremony was performed when he was seven years of age. In addition to schooling, he spent his time studying [[Sanskrit]] and took lessons in the [[Vedas]] from his father who himself was a [[Vedic]] scholar.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chandar |first1=Suresh |title=Inspiring Saint |publisher=Sri Vidyatirtha Foundation, Madras |url=https://archive.org/details/InspiringSaintLifeOfSriBharatiTirthaSureshChandarK.Sringeri/page/n5}}</ref>


Sri Bharati Teertha Mahaswami appointed the brahmachari Kuppa Venkateswara Prasada Sharma as his successor designate, i.e., the [[Jagadguru of Sringeri Sharada Peetham|37th]] [[Jagadguru]] of the [[Sringeri Sharada Peetham]] on 23 January 2015 and gave him the Yogapatta (monastic name) Sri '''Vidhusekhara Bharati''' Mahaswami.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sringeri seer appoints successor |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/sringeri-mutt-seer-names-successor/article6760994.ece |accessdate=7 October 2018 |work=The Hindu|date=24 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sringeri seer names successor |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/455370/sringeri-seer-appoints-successor.html |accessdate=7 October 2018 |work=Deccan Herald|date=24 January 2015}}</ref>
In the year 1966, at the age of 15, Anjaneyalu approached the 35th Jagadguru of the Sringeri Sharada Peetham, [[Abhinava Vidyatirtha|Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswamiji]], seeking religious guidance from him. Jagadguru Sri Sri Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswamiji accepted Brahmachari Seetharama Anjaneyalu as the disciple.


==See also==
Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswamiji appointed Brahmachari Seetharama Anjaneyalu as the successor-designate on the 11 November 1974, when Anjaneyalu received saffron robes, a staff, and a [[kamandalu]] (water pot).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shivaram |first1=Choodie |title=Successor initiated |url=http://digital.hinduismtoday.com/publication/?i=411729&article_id=2798892&view=articleBrowser&ver=html5#{%22issue_id%22:411729,%22view%22:%22articleBrowser%22,%22article_id%22:%222798892%22} |accessdate=6 October 2018 |publisher=Hinduismtoday}}</ref> The newly initiated [[Sannyasa|sannyasi]] was given the title of Yogapatta Sri Bharati Tirtha in line with the [[Dashanami Sampradaya]] of [[Adi Shankara|Jagadguru Sri Adi Shankara]]charya.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Geeta |first1=Venktaraman |title=Ascetic extraordinary |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/sri-abhinava-vidyatirtha-ascetic-extraordinary/article25058881.ece |accessdate=8 October 2018 |work=The Hindu|date=27 September 2018 |quote="Successor nominated"}}</ref>


*[[Sringeri Sharada Peetham]]
As part of the tradition, Jagadguru Sri Sri Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamiji undertakes tours to different places in order to offer guidance to the devotees. The most recent tour took place in 2017 and spanned [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Kerala]] and [[Karnataka]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Special |first1=Correspondence |title=Reception accorded to the Jagadguru |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/reception-accorded-to-sringeri-seers/article19152941.ece |accessdate=8 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Staff Reporter |title=Pontiffs arrive in the city |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/sringeri-pontiffs-arrive-in-city/article18204129.ece |accessdate=8 October 2018 |work=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=A |first1=Rajagopal |title=Sringeri mutt chief arrives in capital |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2017/jun/12/sringeri-mutt-chief-arrives-in-capital-1615588.html |access-date=8 October 2018 |publisher=The new Indian Express}}</ref>
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*[[Advaita Vedanta]]
*[[Adi Shankara]]
*[[Smartism]]
*[[Chandrashekhara Bharati III]]
* [[Abhinava Vidyatirtha]]
*[[Vidyaranya]]


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His Holiness Shri Jagadguru Shankaracharya

Bharathi Tirtha

Sri Mahasannidhanam
Tirtha in 2018
Title36th Jagadguru Shankaracharya of Sringeri Sharada Peetham
Personal
Born
Seetharama Anjaneyalu

(1951-04-11) 11 April 1951 (age 75)
Machilipatnam, Madras State (present-day Andhra), India
ReligionHinduism
NationalityIndian
OrderVedanta (Sringeri Math)
PhilosophyAdvaita Vedanta
Religious career
PredecessorAbhinava Vidyatirtha
SuccessorVidhushekhara Bharati
Ordination11 November 1974

Bharathi Tirtha Mahaswamiji (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.), (Purvashrama name Seetharama Anjaneyalu) (born 3 April 1951), is an Indian religious leader who is the current and 36th Shankaracharya of Sringeri Sharada Peetham, an important Hindu monastery in the tradition of Advaita Vedanta established by Sri Adi Shankara.[1][2]

Early life and career[edit | edit source]

Jagadguru Sri Sri Sri Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamiji was born 03 April 1951 to a Telugu Smartha family from Machilipatnam. His family later moved to Narasaraopet, Andhra Pradesh.

He was a religiously minded child. His upanayana ceremony was performed when he was seven years of age. In addition to schooling, he spent his time studying Sanskrit and took lessons in the Vedas from his father who himself was a Vedic scholar.[3]

In the year 1966, at the age of 15, Anjaneyalu approached the 35th Jagadguru of the Sringeri Sharada Peetham, Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswamiji, seeking religious guidance from him. Jagadguru Sri Sri Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswamiji accepted Brahmachari Seetharama Anjaneyalu as the disciple.

Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswamiji appointed Brahmachari Seetharama Anjaneyalu as the successor-designate on the 11 November 1974, when Anjaneyalu received saffron robes, a staff, and a kamandalu (water pot).[4] The newly initiated sannyasi was given the title of Yogapatta Sri Bharati Tirtha in line with the Dashanami Sampradaya of Jagadguru Sri Adi Shankaracharya.[5]

As part of the tradition, Jagadguru Sri Sri Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamiji undertakes tours to different places in order to offer guidance to the devotees. The most recent tour took place in 2017 and spanned Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka.[6][7][8]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Maramkal, MB. "Successor designate appointed". Times of India. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  2. ↑ Murthy, Narasimha (11 March 2017). "Salutations To Sringeri Jagadgurus".
  3. ↑ Chandar, Suresh. Inspiring Saint. Sri Vidyatirtha Foundation, Madras.
  4. ↑ Shivaram, Choodie. "Successor initiated". Hinduismtoday. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  5. ↑ Geeta, Venktaraman (27 September 2018). "Ascetic extraordinary". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 October 2018. Successor nominated
  6. ↑ Special, Correspondence. "Reception accorded to the Jagadguru". Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  7. ↑ Staff Reporter. "Pontiffs arrive in the city". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  8. ↑ A, Rajagopal. "Sringeri mutt chief arrives in capital". The new Indian Express. Retrieved 8 October 2018.

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