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Narendra Giri was an Indian religious leader who headed one of the largest religious bodies of the monastic order in the country – Akhil Bharatiya Akhada Parishad (ABAP). He was also the secretary of Panchayati Akhara Shri Niranjani and Mahant of Baghambari Gaddi and Bade Hanuman temple of Prayagraj. Giri was a highly influential seer with strong connections with politicians of all affiliations.

Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad is the apex decision-making body of the 13 recognised Akharas of Hindu seers of the country and Mahant Narendra Giri was elected president of the all-powerful body on 14 March 2015, after securing support from eight of the 13 akharas. He was crowned the president following Mahant Gyan Das, who was his anti. Narendra Giri served as ABAP’s president for four years until Giri was re-elected to the position in October 2019 at a meeting of the Akhara Parishad held in Haridwar.

In 2020, after the Supreme Court verdict in the Ayodhya title suit, Giri passed a resolution to initiate a campaign for the Ram Janmabhoomi movement to “free the Hindu temples” in Varanasi and Mathura. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Akhara Parishad that was chaired by him. Later, Giri also demanded the inclusion of the Akhara Parishad in the Ram Janmabhoomi Trust.

Mahant tested positive for Covid-19 in April 2021, just before the royal bath of Kumbh Mela in Haridwar, after which he was admitted to the All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Rishikesh.

On 8 July 2021, Mahant Narendra Giri and Akhara Parishad General Secretary Mahant Hari Giri narrowly escaped a car accident on the Lucknow-Sultanpur highway when they were returning after a meeting with CM Yogi Adityanath.

Mahant Narendra Giri – one of the most revered among the Indian saints and seers, died allegedly by suicide on 20 September 2021. The initial probe suggested that Giri’s body was found hanging from a ceiling fan by a rope in his room at Baghambari Gaddi Math in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. The police also recovered a purported suicide note from the room which accused Mahant’s closest disciple, Anand Giri, and two others of his suicide. Anand Giri, however, alleged that Mahant had been murdered and his name in the note is a part of a conspiracy. Police revealed that the suicide note, apparently written by Narendra Giri, also mentioned the names of many of his disciples and Giri wrote in it:

I lived with dignity, will not be able to live with insult, this is why I am taking my own life.”

Top political personalities, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, among several others tweeted to condole the death of Mahant Narendra Giri. Soon after, the suspicious circumstances of Giri’s death led to an uproar in the country with people and politicians demanding a CBI probe in the matter. Samadhi was given to Narendra Giri in Shrimath Baghambari Gaddi.