The Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, is set to welcome its 71st Acharya on Akshaya Trithiya, a highly auspicious day, on April 30. The chosen successor is a young Vedic scholar hailing from Andhra Pradesh. Sankaracharya Vijayendra Saraswathi, the current pontiff, has declared the sanyasa deeksha for the incoming pontiff, following the long-standing custom of appointing youthful acharyas to lead the mutt. The upcoming anointment ceremony is a significant event for the followers of the Peetam, as they eagerly anticipate the spiritual guidance and leadership of the new Shankaracharya. Stay tuned for more updates on this historic occasion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, is set to welcome its 71st Acharya on Akshaya Trithiya, a highly auspicious day, on April 30. The chosen successor is a young Vedic scholar hailing from Andhra Pradesh. Sankaracharya Vijayendra Saraswathi, the current pontiff, has declared the sanyasa deeksha for the incoming pontiff, following the long-standing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":111172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120605325imgsize-1415539-2.jpg",1280,720,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120605325imgsize-1415539-2-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120605325imgsize-1415539-2-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120605325imgsize-1415539-2-768x432.jpg",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120605325imgsize-1415539-2-1024x576.jpg",640,360,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120605325imgsize-1415539-2.jpg",1280,720,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120605325imgsize-1415539-2.jpg",1280,720,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/author\/"},"category_info":"JUST IN<\/a>","tag_info":"JUST IN","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111171"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}