Vijayendra Saraswathi, Sri ShankaraSri Shankara Vijayendra Saraswathi (born 13 March 1969) is the 70th Jagadguru of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, Kanchipuram. He became the senior Pontiff of the Kanchi Mutt following the attainment of Vidhehamukthi of Jayendra Saraswati, the 69th Pontiff, on 28 February 2018. He was born in 1969 as Sankara Narayanan in Periyapalayam village near Arani.