178 Bharatvarsh and 177 Husky.
That settles the matter. This gentleman is NOT the Shankaracharya of any of the main Adi mathas, or any of the other mathas attributed to Shankar. He is only a claimant not coronated.
I think the discussion is completely unnecessary about the contest for the Jyotirmath at Badrinath after the demise of its great spiritual leader Swami Bramhananda, who revived that Math after more than a century of discontinuation. I had once posted about him on this thread some time back.
This will suffice to know that this gentleman is NOT a Shankaracharya. I am not even sure that Mahesh Yogi would have anything to do in "appointing" or endorsing this person, or is competent to do so. The autority of appointing Shankaracharya lies with the presiding Shankaracharya of the Math, or in case of any dispute after his death, with the council of the Shankaracharya-s of the remaining Shankar Mathas.
That settles the matter. This gentleman is NOT the Shankaracharya of any of the main Adi mathas, or any of the other mathas attributed to Shankar. He is only a claimant not coronated.
I think the discussion is completely unnecessary about the contest for the Jyotirmath at Badrinath after the demise of its great spiritual leader Swami Bramhananda, who revived that Math after more than a century of discontinuation. I had once posted about him on this thread some time back.
This will suffice to know that this gentleman is NOT a Shankaracharya. I am not even sure that Mahesh Yogi would have anything to do in "appointing" or endorsing this person, or is competent to do so. The autority of appointing Shankaracharya lies with the presiding Shankaracharya of the Math, or in case of any dispute after his death, with the council of the Shankaracharya-s of the remaining Shankar Mathas.