The Acharyas of The Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham

The Acharyas of The Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham

Sl No. Name Place of Birth Place of Attainment of Samadhi Year of Siddhi Duration of Pontificate
1 Sri Sankara Bhagavatpada Kaladi Kanchi 477 BCE Founder and First Head of Kanchi Math
2 Sureswaracharya Kashmir Do 407 BCE 70 years
3 Sarvajnatman Tamrabarani Do 364 BCE 112 years
4 Satyabodha Amaravathi Tira Do 268 BCE 63 years
5 Jnanananda Mangalam near Lalgudi Do 205 BCE 63 Years
6 Suddhananda Vedaranya Do 124 BCE 81 years
7 Anantananda Chera country Sri Saila 55 BCE 69 Years
8 Kaivalyananda Tirupati Punyarasa Kanchi 28 CE 83 years
9 Krpa Sankara Andhara Desa Vindhya Mountains 69 CE 41 years
10 Sureswara Mahabaleswar Kanchi 127 CE 58 years
11 Sivananda Cidghana Karnataka Vriddhachala 172 CE 45 years
12 Chandrasekhara I Near Palar Seshachala 235 CE 63 years
13 Satchidghana Near Gadilam Kanchi 273 CE 37 years
14 Vidyaghana Andhra Desa Agastya Parvata 317 CE 45 years
15 Gangadhara I Kanchi Do 329 CE 12 years
16 Ujvala Sankara Tapati Tira Kashmir 367 CE 38 years
17 Sadasiva Kashmir Trayamabak 375 CE 10 years
18 Surendra Maharashtra Ujjain 385 CE 10 years
19 Vidyaghana Maharashtra Godavari Tira 398 CE 13 years
20 Muka Sankara (?) Godavari 437 CE 35 years
21 Chandrasekhara ii Konkan Kasi 447 CE 10 years
22 Bodhendra I Ratangiri Jagannatha 481 CE 34 years
23 Satchitsukha Srikakulam Do 512 CE 31 years
24 Chitsukha I Konan Ratangiri 527 CE 15 years
25 Satichidanandaghana Srimushnam Gokarna 548 CE 21 years
26 Prajnanaghana Pinakini river side Kanchi 546 CE 16 years
27 Chidvilasa Hastigiri Kanchi 577 CE 13 years
28 Mahadeva I Mithila Do 601 CE 24 years
29 Purnabodha I Andhra Desa Do 618 CE 17 years
30 Bodhendra Ii Do Do 655 CE 37 years
31 Chidanandaghana Andhra Desa Do 672 CE 4 years
33 Satchidananda Do Do 692 CE 20 years
34 Chandrasekhara III Vegavati side Do 710 CE 18 years
35 Chitsukha II Vedachala Sahaya Mountains 737 CE 27 years
36 Chitsukhananda Palar side Kanchi 758 CE ...
37 Vidyaghana Not Known Chidambaram 788 CE 21 years
38 Abhinava Sankara Chidambaram, Himalayas Dattatreya cave, 840 CE 30 years
39 Satchidvilasa Maharashtra Kanchi 837 CE 32 years
40 Mahadeva II Karnataka Do 915 CE 33 Years
41 Gangadhara II Bhima river side Do 950 CE 42 years
42 Brahamanandaghana Karnataka Do 978 CE 35 years
43 Anandaghana Tungabhadra Do 1014 CE 28 years
44 Purnabodha I Karnataka Do 1040 CE 36 years
45 Paramasiva I Do Do 1061 CE 26 years
46 Sandranandabodha Do Arunachala 1098 CE 21 years
47 Chandrasekhara IV Kundi river side Do 1166 CE 37 years
48 Advaitanandaboodha Pinakini Chidambaram 1200 CE 68 years
49 Mahadeva III Chayavanam Gadilam 1247 CE 34 years
50 Chandrachuda I Not Known Do 1297 CE 47 years
51 Vidyatirtha Bilvaranya Himalayas 1385 CE 50 years
52 Sankarananda Madhyarjuna Kanchi 1417 CE 88 years
53 Purnananda Sadasiva Nagarayana Do 1498 CE 32 years
54 Vyasachala Mahadeva Kanchi Vyasachala 1507 CE 81 years
55 Chandrachuda II Asmala Kanchi 1524 CE 9 years
56 Sarvajna Sadasivabodha Pennar side Rameswaram 1539 CE 17 years
57 Paramasiva II Pampatira Svetarayana 1586 CE 15 years
58 Atmabodha Vridhachalam Gadilam 1638 CE 47 years
59 Bhagavannama Bodhendra Kanchi Govindapuram 1692 CE 52 years
60 Adhvaitatma Prakasa Vasista river side Ambi 1704 CE 54 years
61 Mahadeva IV Not known Tiruvottriyur 1746 CE 12 year
62 Chandrasekhara V Not known Kumbakonam 1851 CE 31 years
63 Mahadeva Kumbakonam Kumbakonam
64 Chandrasekhara Not known Kumbakonam
65 Mahadeva (Sudarsana) Madhyarjuna Elaiyattankudi 1891 CE 37 years
66 Chandrasekhara VI Udayambakkam Kalavai 1908 CE 40 years
67 Mahadeva VI Tiruvisanallur Do 1908 CE 7 days
68 Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Maha Svamigal VII Villupuram Kanchi 1994 CE 87 years
69 Jayendra Saraswathi Svamigal Irulneeki Kanchi 2018 64 years
70 Sankara Vijayendra Sarasvathi Svamigal Thandalam - -