Jagadguru Kripaluji Maharaj: Encyclopedia II - Jagadguru Kripaluji Maharaj - Being honoured as the Supreme Jagadguru of the present age

Jagadguru Kripaluji Maharaj - Being honoured as the Supreme Jagadguru of the present age

In 1955, Shree Maharajji organized a religious convention in which, prominent spiritual leaders of India gathered. Mahamahopadhyay Giridhar Sharma, President of the Kashi Vidvat Parishad had also come and was enthralled by Shree Maharajji's learning and scriptural knowledge. In another convention organized in Kanpur in 1956, in which, Shree Raj Narain, Shat Shastree, the Chief Secretary of the Kashi Vidvat Parishad, happened to hear Shree Maharajji's discourses. He was so enthralled by the discourses that after returning to Kashi, he invited Shree Maharajji to grace the scholars of Kashi with his divine speech. Shree Maharajji then went to Kashi in 1957.

The congregation had all the scholars of Vanarasi also many from all over the India. They were overwhelmed by Shree Maharajji's knowledge of all the scriptures (Vedas, Upanishads, Upvedas, Vedangas, Darshan Shastras, Puranas, Itihas, the philosophies of the other Jagadgurus and the Rasik saints, etc). After speeches which lasted for seven days, the learned scholars of Kashi, urged Shree Maharajji to accept the title of Jagadguru. He is thus the fifth original Jagadguru, the last Jagadgurus being Jagadguru Adi Sankaracharya (509-477 B.C.), Jagadguru Nimbarkacharya (before 600 B.C.), Jagadguru Madhavacharya (13th century) and Jagadguru Ramanujacharya (1017-1137 A.D.).

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