Chapter 6: “Dharma, when protected, protects us:” Dharma and Liberation in the Hindu Traditions Sannyasin of the Shankara line- leader of the Kanchipuram Matha H.H. the senior acharya, Sri Jayendra Saraswati, of the Kanchipuram Shankara Matha.Bangalore, 1984. Women ascetics from Bengal, Saradeswari Ashram, Ganges, Michigan Women ascetics from Kolkota came for the consecration of the Mother’s Place at Ganges, Michigan.Photo courtesy Professor Nancy Falk, Western Michigan University.