Janaki Jambunathan
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Shankaracharyas multiply, so do legal tangles
But it is estimated that over 50 seers have proclaimed themselves as shankaracharyas of various peeths, although exact numbers are hard to come by. Disputes and litigation are ongoing in many.
Another sadhu Trikal Bhawanta Saraswati, a woman seer, who claims to be shankaracharya of Gayatri Triveni Prayag Peeth, said male sadhus were biased and not giving the shankaracharya's post to females.
http://m.timesofindia.com/india/sha...-so-do-legal-tangles/articleshow/57364219.cms
But it is estimated that over 50 seers have proclaimed themselves as shankaracharyas of various peeths, although exact numbers are hard to come by. Disputes and litigation are ongoing in many.
Another sadhu Trikal Bhawanta Saraswati, a woman seer, who claims to be shankaracharya of Gayatri Triveni Prayag Peeth, said male sadhus were biased and not giving the shankaracharya's post to females.
http://m.timesofindia.com/india/sha...-so-do-legal-tangles/articleshow/57364219.cms