Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati is the current Shankaracharya of Dwarka Sharada Peetham in Dwaraka, Gujarat and the Jyotir Math in Badrinath.
Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati is the current Shankaracharya of Dwarka Sharada Peetham in Dwaraka, Gujarat and the Jyotir Math in Badrinath. Swaroopanand Saraswati was born Pothiram Upadhyay at Dighori village of Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh. A direct disciple of Shankaracharya Brahmananda Saraswati of Jyotir Math (1941–1953) and of Shankaracharya Krishnabodha Ashrama of Jyotir Math (1953–1973), in 1950 his Guru Brahmananda made him a Dandi Sannyasi. Swami Swaroopanand became president of the Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad, established by Swami Karpatri. On Swami Krishnabodha Ashrama’s demise in 1973 the title of Shankaracharya of Jyotir Math, Badrinath passed to Swami Swaroopanand. Later he also became the Shankaracharya of Dwarka peeth in 1982.
At 19 years old he became a freedom fighter in the Quit India movement in 1942 and was known as “Revolutionary Sadhu”. He was jailed, serving two prison sentences for the same of 9 months & 6 months.
Swami Swaroopanand was against having hydro projects, dams, and barrages on the River Ganga and protested accordingly. Swami Swaroopanand said that Article 370 should be removed from Jammu and Kashmir. He said that the abrogation of the Article will be beneficial for the people in the valley and that a demographic balance is necessary to end recurring strife in J&K.
He has also advocated a uniform civil law for Hindus and Muslims in India to maintain a balance in their population. Swami Swaroopanand in May 2015 welcomed the decision of the Maharashtra government to extend ban on cow slaughter to bulls and bullocks in the state and opined that it would increase the production of milk which will in turn help feed children in the country. Swami Swaroopanand in July 2014 caused controversy due to his remarks against Shirdi Sai Baba and his followers. Swami Swaroopanand in May 2015 said, “Despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s assertion to curb corruption, bribe taking is rampant in the country. This is because of degradation of moral values and ethics in society.”

Swami Swaroopanand in March 2016 said on the RSS, “RSS takes the name of the Hindus, but they have no commitment towards Hindutva