Nischalananda Saraswati

Anantshri Vibhushit Rigvediya Shri Govardhan Math Puri Peethadheeshwar Jagadguru Shrimad Shankaracharya
Shri Nischalananda Saraswati
Anantshri Vibhushit Rigvediya Shri Govardhan Math Puri Peethadheeshwar Jagadguru Shrimad Shankaracharya Shri Nischalananda Saraswati
Title	145th Jagadguru Shankaracharya of Govardhan Math
Personal life
Born	Nilambar Jha, later ordinated as Dhruvachaitanya; 30 June 1943 (age 81); Haripur Bakshi Tol, Madhubani, Bihar, India
Nationality	Indian
Religious life
Religion	Hinduism
Order	Mathematicians Vedanta, Smārta
Philosophy	Advaita Vedanta, Nondualism
Religious career
Guru	Swami Karpatri
Govardhan Math
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1992-present
Preceded by	Niranjanadev Tirtha
Website	https://govardhanpeeth.org

Nischalananda Saraswati is the current 145th Jagadguru Shankaracharya of the Purvamnaya Sri Govardhana Peetham of Puri, Odisha, India.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Life

Shri Nischalananda Saraswati was born as Neelambar Jha in Maithil Brahmin Family in Madhubani in 1943, the son of the raj-Pandita of Maharaja of Darabhanga.^[4] He decided to enter sanyasa while studying at Tibbia College (Science) and spent time studying the shastras in Kashi, Vrindavan, Naimisaranya, Shringeri, and other places. In 1974, he received diksha from Swami Karpatri, who bestowed upon him the name Niscalananda.

On 11 February 2018, the silver jubilee (25th anniversary) of the pattabhisheka of Swami Nischalananda Saraswati was celebrated in Puri, attended by the Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik, former King of Nepal, Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, and Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb of Puri.