Former Shankaracharya Swami Satyamitranand who died on Tuesday was given Bhu Samadhi burial on Wednesday.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Governor Baby Rani Maurya, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath were among the multitudes who were present on the occasion.
Swami Satyamitranand also worked for the upliftment of lakhs of tribals in Madhya Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand in addition to adopting many villages.
A worshiper of Mother India, he had established Samanvay Manav Seva Trust in 1998 to bring the neglected section of society to the mainstream.
Through the trust he worked for the welfare of the people who were displaced during natural calamities.
Recounting his time spent with Satyamitranand, a trustee of Samanvaya Trust, Govind Dev said, “In 2015 he pledged to distribute one gramme of gold each to 1000 tribal woman of Bastar village to mark his birth anniversary.
He did not have a single gramme of gold but on his appeal 253 devotees came up with gold offerings.
He could materialise whatever he dreamt of.” Satyamitranand had abdicated the position of Shankaracharya to work for the ideals of Sanatan Dharma and spread its tenets in India and abroad.
A scholar, he had visited Africa, Germany, Switzerland, Holland, USA, Indonesia, Thailand, Australia and in other countries while also establishing religious centres in these places.
At 5.20 PM on Wednesday, he was laid in Bhu Samadhi burial at his residence Raghat Kutir in Bhupatwala area amidst chanting of Vedic mantras. Mahamandaleshwar Avdheshanand Giri, Acharya of Juna Akhada and members of the religious fraternity along with politicians and a number of citizens were present on the occasion.