Kanchi Sankara Mutt to Install 20-Year-Old Hyderabad Scholar as 71st Pontiff Over its 2,500-Year History

CHENNAI, INDIA, April 25, 2025 (DT Next): The Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, one of Hinduism’s revered monastic institutions, is set to welcome its 71st spiritual leader, a 20-year-old Vedic scholar named Ganesha Sharma Dravid, from Hyderabad, Telangana. The formal installation ceremony will take place on April 30 at 7 am at the mutt’s headquarters in Kanchipuram. Over its 2,500-year history, the…

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