Chandrasekhara paramacharya biography books

68th Peethadishwar of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham

Jagadguru Shri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Shankaracharya Mahaswamigal (born in a Kannada Smartha family as Swaminathan Shasthri; 20 May 1894 – 8 January 1994) also known as the Sage of Kanchi or Mahaperiyavar (meaning, "The great elder") was the 68th Jagadguru Shankaracharya of the Moolamnaya Saravjna Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham.

Mahaperiyavar's discourses have been recorded in a Tamil book titled "Deivathin Kural" (Voice of God).

Early life

Jagadguru Shri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Mahaswamigal (born Swaminathan Shasthri) was born on 20 May 1894.

He was brought up in the central part of the southern state of Tamil Nadu, Villupuram, South Arcot District.

Chandrasekhara paramacharya biography books

Kannada Smartha Brahmin Rig Vedic family that had migrated to Tamil Nadu generations earlier. Subrahmanya Sastri worked as a teacher having entered the educational service. His mother Mahalakshmi was also from a Kannada Brahmin famil