His Holiness Jagadguru Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Sarasvati is the present Shankaracharya of Dwarka and Jyothirmath. He is a liberated sage and a living example of one who has followed Sanatana Dharma—Hinduism—throughout his life.
Manjula Sudhindra Rao is a spiritual person, and from a very young age she pursued the path of spiritual truth, culminating in higher studies of the philosophy of Adi Shankaracharya at Mumbai University. She had the divine fortune of being accepted as a disciple of His Holiness Jagadguru Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Sarasvati who was impressed by her dedication on the spiritual path and permitted her to bring his teachings to the outside world.