Gangadharendra Saraswati

Sri Gangadharendra Saraswati
Religion	Hinduism
Sect	Swarnavalli Mutt, Sirsi, Karnataka, India
Philosophy	Advaita Vedanta
Guru	Shri Sarwajnendra Saraswati

Shri Gangadharendra Saraswati, officially Shreemajjagadguru Shankaracharya Shri Gangadharendra Saraswati Swamij, is pontiff (Guru) of Shri Sonda Swarnavalli Mutt,Sirsi, Karnataka, India. He is the 54th Guru of this mutt. He took sannyasa and ordination from Shri Jayendra Saraswathi Mahaswamiji of Kanchi Matha which is known as Kanchi kamakoti Peetham. He is a follower of Advaita Vedanta.

Before his initiation, Shree Swamiji was known as Veda Vidvan Shri Parameshvara Bhatt and he was a Havyaka Brahmin. The swamiji ascended the holy seat as Head of Sonda Swarnavalli Samsthanam (Swarnavalli Math) on 2 February 1991, at the age of 23.

He is well known for leading and guiding the 'Bhagavad Gita Abhiyaan' – a campaign for promotion of Bhagawad Gita all over in the state Karnataka and in Kasaragod of Kerala. The Government of Karnataka has openly supported this campaign by supposedly issuing orders to teach Bhagawad Gita as a part of this campaign in all the schools controlled by the Government. On 14 July 2011, the Primary and Secondary Education Minister Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri said that those opposing the Gita teaching should quit India. He said teaching the said holy book was necessary to inculcate moral values in students. Later former Higher Education Minister of Government of Karnataka V. S. Acharya also supported Mr. Kageri by saying the programme should not be seen as religious teaching and there is no connection between Bhagavad Gita and religion. Gita has more to do with human values. Finally the Government of Karnataka has temporarily withdrawn the said order after facing stiff opposition from minority communities by religion.

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