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KANCHIPURAM, TAMIL NADU, INDIA, February 28, 2018 (The Hindu): The 69th head of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, Sri Jayendra Saraswathi, passed away on Wednesday morning. He was 83. His end came in a hospital near the mutt in Kancheepuram where he was taken after suffering from breathlessness. Born as Subramaniayam in Irulneeki, a small hamlet near Mannargudi, in Tamil Nadu, he was initiated into sanyasam by his predecessor at the mutt — the late Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi in 1954. Sri Jayendra Saraswathi was 19 years old then. Sri Jayendra Saraswathi sought to reach out to various sections of society. He launched the movement ‘Jana Kalyan Jana Jagaran’ with the motto: service to the people and awakening the masses. The Kanchi Acharya gradually became a very influential personality and was close to political leaders, particularly BJP leaders, and former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa. Of late, he had been suffering from ill health and was hospitalised once recently.

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