I don't think anybody in the west supported this Shankaracharya of Dwarka, Swaroopanand Saraswati.
He seems to be greedy for all the four seats.! He is close to the secular Congress party. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2014-01-24/india /46561766_1_narendra-modi-shankaracharya-swami-swaroopanand --- nablusoss1008 <no_reply@...> wrote: > > > Long championed by the Maharishi-denouncers in the West to be entitled to > not only 1 but 2 Shankaracharya seats ! > > > As the Americans say: Go figure ! :-) > > > > http://ibnlive.in.com/news/senior-priest-slaps-journalist-on-being-asked-about-narendra-modi/447283-37-64.html > > http://ibnlive.in.com/news/senior-priest-slaps-journalist-on-being-asked-about-narendra-modi/447283-37-64.html >
