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Sl No.

Name

Place of Birth

Place of Attainment of Samadhi

Year of Siddhi

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 Adhvaitatma 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
63 Mahadeva Kumbakonam Kumbakonam    
64 Chandrasekhara Not known Kumbakonam    
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 Kanchi 2018 64 years
70 Sankara Vijayendra Sarasvathi Svamigal Thandalam – –