Andhra Pradesh: Kanchi seer Jayendra Saraswathi hospitalised in critical condition

The 80-year-old seer was brought to the hospital by his devotees, who are now gathered in front of the hospital, and was immediately placed on a ventilator system.

The head of one of India’s leading Hindu monastic institutions, Jayendra Saraswathi of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, was admitted to the Andhra Hospital in Vijayawada on Tuesday after falling unconscious due to high blood pressure.

The 80-year-old seer was brought to the hospital by his devotees, who are now gathered in front of the hospital.

The 80-year-old seer was brought to the hospital by his devotees, who are now gathered in front of the hospital, and was immediately placed on a ventilator system. Doctors said he is in a critical condition.

Saraswathi had complained about a general feeling of uneasiness before falling unconscious, one of the devotees who brought him to the hospital, said.

The Kanchi Seer was named by Chadrasekharendra Saraswati Swamigal as his successor on March 22, 1954.

In 2002, the holy man was accused of hiring men to assault an auditor, Radhakrishnan, who questioned the disappearance of 83 kgs of gold meant for the Kamakshi temple in Tamil Nadu as well as alleged financial irregularities in the Kanchi mutt.

He was also accused of ordering the murder of former Kanchi mutt devotee Shankararaman in 2004.