Draft:Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati



Swami Avimukteshwarand Saraswati (born 1969) is the 46th and current Jagadguru Shankaracharya of the Jyotirmath of Joshimath, Uttarakhand, India. He was the disciple of Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati and, after his death in September 2022, Swami Avimukteshwaranand was crowned as Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath, and he occupied the asharam built by Adi Guru Shankracharya in Jyotirmath.

Life
Shri Swami Avimukteshwaranad Saraswati was born in Brahmanpur, a village in the Pratapgarh district of Uttar Pradesh. His childhood name was Umashankar Pandey, son of Pandit Ramsumer Pandey. He studied up to class 6 in village, and subsequently his family members sent him out for further studies. His father took him to Gujarat, where he met Ramchaitanya of Kashi. Pandit Ramsumer left his son there. Umashankar began worshiping and studying.

When Swami Karpatri ji Maharaj was unwell, he came to Kashi with Ram Chaitanya, where he served Swami Karpatri ji till his last breath. While engaged in the service of Swami Karpatri Ji Maharaj, he got the darshan and company of Puri Peethadhishwar Swami Niranjan Dev Teerth and Sharda Dwarka Peethadhishwar Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati. He took Diksha from Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati and became his disciple, taking on the name Swami Avimukteshwarananda Saraswati.