Q: It's 1979 - who's missing from this picture? A: Swami Shantinand. Q: Why is he excluded? A. The other three (the Shankaracharya of Sringeri, the Shankaracharya of Puri, and the Shankaracharya of Dwarka) did not invite him. Q: So whom did they invite? A: Swami Swaroopanand. Q: Why did they invite him? A. Obviously they consider him the legitimate Shankarcharya of Jyotir Math. Q: So you mean Swami Shantinand doesn't really count? A: Obviously not in the eyes of the Shankaracharya of Sringri, the Shankaracharya of Puri, and the Shankaracharya of Dwarka. Q: But does it really matter what they think? A: In the eyes of the Shankarcharya tradition, what do you think?
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