Swami Brahmananda Saraswati, Shankaracharya of Jyotir Math
Swāmī Brahmānanda Saraswatī (20 December 1868 - 20 May 1953) was the Shankaracharya of the Jyotir Math monastery in India. Born into a Brahmin family he left home at the age of nine in search of a spiritual master. At age fourteen he became a disciple of Swami Krishnānanda Saraswati. At the age of 34 he was initiated into the order of "Sanyas" and became the Shankaracharya of Jyotir Math in 1941 at age 70.
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