He had countless disciples spread all over the country, including key politic, among them former MP CM Digvijaya Singh. He had also claimed that the Bhoomi Pujan of the proposed Ram Temple in Ayodhya by PM Modi on Augwas done in an inauspicious muhurt. He not only was a veteran Hindu seer, but also held strong opinion on host of other issues, spanning from Ganga pollution, Uniform Civil Code, Abrogation of Article 370 of Indian Constitution, cow and bull slaughter, women worshipping Shani, on Shirdi Sai Baba and on the RSS and coming to power of the Narendra Modi-led BJP in the 2014 general elections. He was jailed for it and served a prison sentence for around a year and half. When aged just 18, he had become a part of the country's freedom movement and was known as 'Revolutionary Sadhu' for taking part in the 1942 Quit India Movement. Nine years later in 1982, he also became the Shankaracharya of Dwarka Peeth. On Krishnabodha Ashrama's demise in 1973, the title of Shankaracharya (disputed) of Jyotir Math, Badrinath passed to Swami Swaroopanand. He became the president of Akhil Bhartiya Ram Rajya Parishad established by Swami Karpatriji.

In 1950, his Guru Brahmananda made him a Dandi Sanyasi.

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