Swami Satyamitranand

{{Short description|Indian spiritual guru of Advaita Philosophy School of Hinduism}}

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Swami Satyamitranand (19 September 1932 – 25 June 2019), usually known as Swami Satmitranand Giri was a Hindu spiritual guru. He was born on 19 September 1932 in the city of Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, as Ambika Prasad.{{Cite web|url=http://www.swamisatyamitranand.net/html/life_sketch.html|title=Birth date}} He was crowned{{when|date=July 2022}} the Jagatguru Shankaracharya of an Upapeeth{{which|date=July 2022}} of Jyotir Math. He was the founder of Bharat Mata Mandir, a temple in Haridwar. He founded Samanvaya Seva Foundation{{Cite web|url=http://www.swamisatyamitranand.nethtml/swami_satyamitranand_foundatio.html|title=swami_satyamitranand_foundation}} in 1988.

File:The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Bhushan Award to Swami Satyamitranand Giri, at a Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on April 08, 2015.jpg

In June 1969, Swamiji abdicated his status of Jagatguru Shankaracharya. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan by Government of India in the year 2015.{{cite news |title=Padma Awards 2015 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/padma-awards-2015-bill-milinda-gates-on-list-for-padma-bhushan-amitabh-bachchan-dilip-kumar-for-padma-vibhushan-2/ |access-date=20 September 2022 |agency=The New Indian Express |date=27 January 2015}}