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Srirangam Jeeyar passes away in Trichy

12.07.2018
Sri Ranga Narayana Jeeyar, the 50th Jeeyar of Sri Ranganathaswamy temple at Srirangam, passed away at a private hospital in Trichy on Wednesday evening. The 88-year-old, who was engaged in serving the Srirangam temple, was unwell for more than a week. He was admitted to a private hospital in Trichy where he died. Born Sri Varathachariyar at Nayinarpalayam village in Villuppuram district on December 3, 1929, he studied Rig Veda at Sankara Matam in Thiruvanaikaval and mastered Sanskrit at Chidambaram. Sri Ranga Narayana Jeeyar started his spiritual life as a priest at Sri Lakshminarayana Perumal temple in Coimbatore in 1959. He was a devotee of Ranganathaswamy since his early days and became its 50th Jeeyar at the age of 60 in 1998.

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