Atma Bodhendra Saraswati

He was the 59th Pontiff of the Kanchi Matha from 1586 AD to 1638 AD. He was a native of Vridhachalam, Tamil Nadu. He was born in the year 1586. His pre-monastic name was Visvesvara. He toured south India extensively and stayed at Benares. He wrote a commentary on the Vedic Sri Rudram. It was Atma Bodhendhra who instructed the great Avadhuta Sri Sadasiva Brahmendra to write the Guru ratna Malika stotram on the Gurus of the Kanchi Mutt.

Sri Atma Bodhendra Saraswathi attained Siddhi on the banks of the river Dakshina Pinakini, in 1638 AD. The Maha Samadhi of Sri Atma Bodhendra Saraswathi is located in Vadambalam, in villupuram district. The Adhistanam was discovered by His Holiness Pujyasri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi swamigal and was consecrated on 17 January 1927. The second Kumbabhishekam was performed on 17 January 1981.^[1]

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