By a standing high court order, the seer cannot be arrested in the case till his bail application is disposed of.
The Judicial Magistrate-I court in Kanchipuram had issued summons to the seer asking him to appear before the court to receive the copy.
The video shows that the Tamil Nadu police entered barefoot the premises in Mehboobnagar in Andhra Pradesh where the Shankaracharya was staying.
The day-long bandh has been called by the VHP to give vent to the feelings of Hindus over the unjust arrest of the Kanchi seer.
Justice A K Rajan reserved his orders on Saturday on the petition filed by the seer.
The BJP has dubbed the seer's arrest as an "assault on religion".
The order on the prosecution application, seeking five days' custody, was delayed for some time.
The Shankaracharya was brought in a convoy of cars from the Vellore prison at 1115 IST to the court of a first class judicial magistrate.
The hearing remained inconclusive today.
Based on information provided by two people arrested in Chennai on November 9, the police got information about the seer's links with those hired to murder the temple official, she said.
Joshi termed as 'absurd notion' the prosecution's view that the Shankaracharya could poison himself if he was allowed to cook his own food in jail.
Dharnas, rallies and fast are the means through which the protest is being expressed.
The Judge directed Public Prosecutor Duraisamy to inform the court the government's stand by 1500 IST on Friday and file his counter.
Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati was arrested near Hyderabad last night as a prime accused in a murder case.
Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi offered the crown costing Rs 1.5 crore.
The Madras high court rejected Jayendra Saraswathi's petition challenging a Kanchipuram court order to send him to police custody.
There are indications that the Modi dispensation was disinclined to bring the VHP into the temple-mosque frame.
An application in this regard will be moved before Kanchipuram First Class Judicial Magistrate G Uttamarjan when the senior pontiff is produced before the court, mutt officials said.
Kanchi Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi will present a 11.5-kg gold crown to the hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara on Thursday.
The controversy over Sant Rampal and his army of followers taking the law into their hands has once again thrown the spotlight on the clout that India's godmen possess.
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