That moment arrived this year when the current custodian, Pandit Sitaram Shastri, sought divine guidance from the present Kanchi Shankaracharya. “There is a saint in Bengaluru, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.

Journalist Devanshi Joshi, who interviewed Shankaracharya, also refuted the viral claim on X. She wrote, "During the recording of my interview, someone present there must have recorded it and used ...