Varanasi, April 9 -- Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati of Jyotish Peeth has received a death threat.
The person making the threat said through an audio message that he will be killed like Atiq Ahmed and his time is near.
Shankaracharya''s media in-charge, Sanjay Pandey, reported that recently, text messages began arriving repeatedly on the Jyotish Peeth's official mobile number on April 1, 2026.
After blocking the number, two audio messages arrived on his voicemail on April 6-the first at 1:55 pm and the second at 1:57 pm. He disclosed this to media on late Wednesday night.
The threatening audio message stated, "His time has come, he cannot live long. He will perish midway where he is traveling. Anyone will kill him. The...