It was reported that the four Shankaracharyas—Swami Nischalananda Saraswati of Puri, Swami Avimukteshwaranand of Jyotishpeeth, Shankaracharya Bharati Teerth, and Shankaracharya Sadanand Saraswati—had expressed their displeasure over the manner in which the ceremony was being conducted.