Chennai, April 30 -- On the auspicious occasion of Akshaya Tritiya, Sri Duddu Satya Venkata Surya Subrahmanya Ganesha Sharma Dravid from Andhra Pradesh was anointed as the 71st
Junior Pontiff (Ilaya Peetadhipathi) of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, also called as Kanchi Sankara Mutt, on Wednesday.
The ceremony took place in the sacred precincts of the world famous Goddess Kamakshi Amman
Temple in Kanchipuram.
After anointing him, as part of the tradition, Sri Vijayendra Saraswathi Swamigal bestowed the monastic name Sri Sathya Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Swamigal upon the new junior pontiff.
The current 70th pontiff, Sri Sankara Vijayendra Saraswathi Swamigal, bestowed the Sannyasa
Ashrama Deeksha upon the new junior pontiff at the hol...