Vyasachala Mahadevendra Saraswati

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Vyasachala Mahadevendra Saraswati was the 54th Pontiff of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham. He was the son of Kamesvara and Kamalamba who belonged to Kanchi. His pre-sanyasa name was Kuppanna and his guru was Purnananda Sadasivendra Saraswati. He is the author of Vyasachala Sankara Vijaya. He attained mukti at Vyasachala on the first day of the dark fortnight of Ashada in the cyclic year Akshaya (1507 AD). The Acharyal has been described as great tapasvi and besmeared with holy vibhuthi and engaged himself in Shiva aradhana.[1] The jeeva samadhi of Vyasachala Mahadevendra Saraswati is located in Sri Nallinaikeshwarar temple Ezhichur which is 55 km from Chennai.[2] After his mukti, the disciplic succession was carried over by Chandrachudhendra Saraswati II , [3]

References

  1. ↑ http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/39511/9/09_chapter%204.pdf
  2. ↑ http://drlsravi.blogspot.ca/2012/10/sri-nallinaikeshwarar-temple-ezhichur.html
  3. ↑ http://www.kamakoti.org/peeth/origin.html#appendix2

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