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Kesavananda Bharati

Kesavananda Bharati

Shri Kesavananda Bharati (9 December 1940 – 6 September 2020) was an Indian civil rights activist. He was the chief Pontiff of Jagadguru Sri Sankaracharya Thotakacharya Samsthanam, Edneer Mutt.[1][2]

He was the petitioner of a landmark case that helped create the basic structure doctrine of the Indian Constitution which allow that the fundamental or 'basic structure' of the Indian Constitution can not be altered by parliamentary amendment.[3][4]

Bharati died at a hospital in Mangalore on 6 September 2020 from cardiopulmonary arrest, aged 79.[5]

Kesavananda Bharati Media

  • Procession of Swamiji by his disciples in Kumta, 2012

  • Shri Kesavananda Bharati (far right) with other Shankaracharyas in a regional Shankaracharyas' meet.

  • Shri Kesavananda Bharati Swamiji with devotees at Maha Kumbha Mela held at Allahabad in February 2013

References

  1. ↑ "Edneer Mutt, Kasaragod, Kerala, India – Kerala Tourism". www.keralatourism.org. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Daijiworld – A News portal linking West coast of India and the World". www.daijiworld.com. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  3. ↑ Livemint (5 May 2013). "A landmark verdict revisited". Livemint. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "Seer Kesavananda Bharati, hailed as Constitution's saviour, dies". Hindustan Times. 6 September 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  5. ↑ . Special Correspondent"Kesavananda Bharati Swamiji of Edneer Mutt passes away at 80" (in en-IN). The Hindu. 6 September 2020. ISSN 0971-751X . https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/kesavananda-bharati-swamiji-of-edneer-mutt-passes-away-at-80/article32534308.ece. Retrieved 6 September 2020. 


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