SPECIAL KOVILKAL

The Acharyas of The Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham

Sl No.	Name	Place of Birth	Place of Attainment of Samadhi	Year of Siddhi-(Christian era)	Duration of Pontificate
1	Sri Sankara Bhagavatpada	Kaladi	Kanchi	477 B.C.	Founder and First Head of Kanchi Math
2	Sureswaracharya	Kashmir	Do	407 B.C.	70 years
3	Sarvajnatman	Tamrabarani	Do	364 B.C.	112 years
4	Satyabodha	Amaravathi Tira	Do	268 B.C.	63 years
5	Jnanananda	Mangalam near Lalgudi	Do	205 B.C.	63 Years
6	Suddhananda	Vedaranya	Do	124 B.C.	81 years
7	Anantananda	Chera country	Sri Saila	55 B.C.	69 Years
8	Kaivalyananda	Tirupati	Punyarasa Kanchi	28 A.D.	83 years
9	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
18	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
41	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
65	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	-	-