The Acharyas of The Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham

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No.

Name

Place of Birth

Place of Attainment of
Samadhi

Year of Siddhi(Christian era)

Duration of Pontificate

Sri Sankara Bhagavatpada

Kaladi

Kanchi

477 B.C.

Founder and First Head

of Kanchi Math

Sureswaracharya

Kashmir

Do

407 B.C.

70 years

Sarvajnatman

Tamrabarani

Do

364 B.C.

112 years

Satyabodha

Amaravathi Tira

Do

268 B.C.

63 years

Jnanananda

Mangalam near
Lalgudi

Do

205 B.C.

63 Years

Suddhananda

Vedaranya

Do

124 B.C.

81 years

Anantananda

Chera country

Sri Saila

55 B.C.

69 Years

Kaivalyananda

Tirupati

Punyarasa Kanchi

28 A.D.

83 years

Krpa Sankara

Andhara Desa

Vindhya Mountains

69 A.D.

41 years

10

Sureswara

Mahabaleswar

Kanchi

127 A.D.

58 years

11

Sivananda Cidghana

Karnataka

Vriddhachala

172 A.D.

45 years

12

Chandrasekhara I

Near Palar

Seshachala

235 A.D.

63 years

13

Satchidghana

Near Gadilam

Kanchi

273 A.D.

37 years

14

Vidyaghana

Andhra Desa

Agastya Parvata

317 A.D.

45 years

15

Gangadhara I

Kanchi

Do

329 A.D.

12 years

16

Ujvala Sankara

Tapati Tira

Kashmir

367 A.D.

38 years

17

Sadasiva

Kashmir

Trayamabak

375 A.D.

10 years

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Surendra

Maharashtra

Ujjain

385 A.D.

10 years

19

Vidyaghana

Maharashtra

Godavari Tira

398 A.D.

13 years

20

Muka Sankara

(?)

Godavari

437 A.D.

35 years

21

Chandrasekhara ii

Konkan

Kasi

447 A.D.

10 years

22

Bodhendra I

Ratangiri

Jagannatha

481 A.D.

34 years

23

Satchitsukha

Srikakulam

Do

512 A.D.

31 years

24

Chitsukha I

Konan

Ratangiri

527 A.D.

15 years

25

Satichidanandaghana

Srimushnam

Gokarna

548 A.D.

21 years

26

Prajnanaghana

Pinakini river side

Kanchi

546 A.D.

16 years

27

Chidvilasa

Hastigiri

Kanchi

577 A.D.

13 years

28

Mahadeva I

Mithila

Do

601 A.D.

24 years

29

Purnabodha I

Andhra Desa

Do

618 A.D.

17 years

30

Bodhendra Ii

Do

Do

655 A.D.

37 years

31

Chidanandaghana

Andhra Desa

Do

672 A.D.

4 years

33

Satchidananda

Do

Do

692 A.D.

20 years

34

Chandrasekhara III

Vegavati side

Do

710 A.D.

18 years

35

Chitsukha II

Vedachala

Sahaya Mountains

737 A.D.

27 years

36

Chitsukhananda Palar side

Kanchi

758 A.D.

37

Vidyaghana

Not Known

Chidambaram

788 A.D.

21 years

38

Abhinava Sankara

Chidambaram,
Himalayas

Dattatreya cave,

840 A.D.

30 years

39

Satchidvilasa

Maharashtra

Kanchi

837 A.D.

32 years

40

Mahadeva II

Karnataka

Do

915 A.D.

33 Years

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Gangadhara II

Bhima river side

Do

950 A.D.

42 years

42

Brahamanandaghana

Karnataka

Do

978 A.D.

35 years

43

Anandaghana

Tungabhadra

Do

1014 A.D.

28 years

44

Purnabodha I

Karnataka

Do

1040 A.D.

36 years

45

Paramasiva I

Do

Do

1061 A.D.

26 years

46

Sandranandabodha

Do

Arunachala

1098 A.D.

21 years

47

Chandrasekhara IV

Kundi river side

Do

1166 A.D.

37 years

48

Advaitanandaboodha

Pinakini

Chidambaram

1200 A.D.

68 years

49

Mahadeva III

Chayavanam

Gadilam

1247 A.D.

34 years

50

Chandrachuda I

Not Known

Do

1297 A.D.

47 years

51

Vidyatirtha

Bilvaranya

Himalayas

1385 A.D.

50 years

52

Sankarananda

Madhyarjuna

Kanchi

1417 A.D.

88 years

53

Purnananda Sadasiva

Nagarayana

Do

1498 A.D.

32 years

54

Vyasachala Mahadeva

Kanchi

Vyasachala

1507 A.D.

81 years

55

Chandrachuda II

Asmala

Kanchi

1524 A.D.

9 years

56

Sarvajna Sadasivabodha

Pennar side

Rameswaram

1539 A.D.

17 years

57

Paramasiva II

Pampatira

Svetarayana

1586 A.D.

15 years

58

Atmabodha

Vridhachalam

Gadilam

1638 A.D.

47 years

59

Bhagavannama Bodhendra

Kanchi

Govindapuram

1692 A.D.

52 years

60

Adhyatma Prakasa

Vasista river side

Ambi

1704 A.D.

54 years

61

Mahadeva IV

Not known

Tiruvottriyur

1746 A.D.

12 year

62

Chandrasekhara V

Not known

Do

1851 A.D.

31 years

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Mahadeva (Sudarsana)

Madhyarjuna

Elaiyattankudi

1891 A.D.

37 years

66

Chandrasekhara VI

Udayambakkam

Kalavai

1908 A.D.

40 years

67

Mahadeva VI

Tiruvisanallur

Do

1908 A.D.

7 days

68

Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi
Maha Svamigal VII

Villupuram

Kanchi

1994 A.D.

100 years

69

Jayendra Saraswathi Svamigal

Irulneeki

70

Sankara Vijayendra Sarasvathi

Svamigal

Thandalam

The link below contains neat historical facts of our Kanchi Acharyas starting with Adi Shankara with details like
Their birth place, year, place of Siddhi of the previous 68 Shankaracharyas, Their poorvashrama names, the
number of years They were Peetadhipathis etc etc.