Swami Balmukundacharya

Some Lesser Known Facts About Swami Balmukundacharya

• Swami Balmukundacharya is the Mahant of Hathoj Dham, Jaipur.

• He often travels with a mace.

  

• His mother died during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• His father performs prayers and services at Hathoj Dham and gaushala.

• He has been a member of RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) since childhood.

• He has claimed that he held various positions in RSS, VHP (Vishva Hindu Parishad) and Bajrang Dal.

• In an interview, he talked about his family tradition of being devoted to temples and maths, and said,
  

  Last five to six generations of my family have been devoted to temples, maths, ashrams and gaushalas. I myself run an ashram, mandir, gaushala and a gurukul. Hathoj Dham is the centre (of our religious activities) with multiple branches.”

• In May 2024, he got an FIR registered after he received death threats on social media. He claimed that a person named Dr. Junaid Khan had threatened to kill him if he visited Galta Gate, Jaipur.

• He has talked about his education and said that although he couldn’t appear for class 10 exams, he learned about Sanatan Dharma through prayer recitations and Vedic studies at home and gurukul.

• He has claimed to be the president of Akhil Bharatiya Sant Samiti and state president of the Math Mandir Pujari Mahasangh, Jaipur.

• He is also a member of Shri Balaji Jan Kalyan Sewa Trust. As a member, he organises sports events in schools and gives away clothes through his organisation as part of his social work.

• He has claimed to have been imprisoned twice over campaigns for the Ram temple in Ayodhya.