Friday, November 19, 2004
Shankaracharya in Jail - Shock, Anger Across Nation
The Times of India, November 20, 2004
CHENNAI: Swami Jayendra Saraswathi, one of the four main Hindu pontiffs, was in a Tamil Nadu jail Friday after being arrested on charges of ordering the murder of a former employee of his hermitage in Kancheepuram.
The Shankaracharya, who has millions of followers in India and abroad, was arrested Thursday night at Mehmoobnagar in Andhra Pradesh after a prayer meeting and brought to a court in Kancheepuram, near Chennai.
The arrest - and the court order sentencing him to 15 days judicial custody - sent shock waves in Tamil Nadu and beyond. But even as his followers seethed in anger, there were others who applauded the government action.
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/921199.cms
