Kanchi Maha Periyava

Jagadguru Shri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swamigal (20 May 1894 – 8 January 1994) [birth name: Swaminathan], additionally accepted as the Sage of Kanchi or Mahaperiyava (meaning, "A admirable sage") was the 68th Jagadguru of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham. Mahaperiyava's discourses accept been accounting as magnum composition based on Hindu aesthetics in a Tamil book blue-blooded "Deivathin Kural" (Voice of God). Aboriginal life

Mahaperiyava was built-in on 20 May 1894. He was brought up in the axial allotment of the southern accompaniment of Tamil Nadu, Villupuram, South Arcot District. His ancestor was Subrahmanya Sastri, who was from a Kannada speaking Smartha Brahmin ancestors that had migrated to Tamil Nadu ancestors earlier. Subrahmanya Sastri formed as a abecedary accepting entered the educational service. His mother Mahalakshmi, was additionally a Kannada Brahmin who belonged to the apple of Icchangudi abreast Tiruvaiyaru.

Swaminathan was the additional adolescent of his parents.[1] Sadasiva Sastri was built-in on 3 October 1903 in Viluppuram, South Arcot District, Tamil Nadu. Swaminathan's upanayanam was performed in Tindivanam in 1905 and during his upbringing, he was able-bodied abreast with the Vedas and alpha accomplishing poojas at the aboriginal date of his life. In 1906, the Sixty-sixth Acharya of Kamakoti Pitha, Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati was camping in Perumukkal, a baby apple abreast Tindivanam in acknowledgment of the Chaturmasya vrata. Subrahmanya Sastri went to booty the blessings of the Acharya at that time. The Sixty-sixth Acharya accomplished Siddhi at Kalavai and Swaminathan's affectionate accessory was installed as the sixty-seventh Acharya. The sixty-seventh Acharya had a agitation and due to the abrupt about-face of events, Swaminathan was installed as the Acharya. Swaminathan ascended the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham on 13 February 1907 as the sixty-eighth Acharya with the Sannyasa name Chandrasekhara Saraswati. As per the accepted training accustomed to the seers, he was able-bodied accomplished with the Vedas, puranas, assorted Hindu texts and age-old Indian literature. The Acharya was fifteen years old in 1909. For two years, he brash beneath the pandits of the Matha at Kumbakonam. Again from 1911 to 1914 he brash in Mahendramangalam, in a tiny apple on the Northern coffer of Akhanda Kaveri. The Acharya showed absorption in capacity such as photography, mathematics and astrochemistry as well. He alternating to Kumbakonam in 1914. The Matha was managed by the Court of Wards from 1911–1915 until he angry twenty-one in May 1915.
Contributions

He started overextension his adeptness through airy journeys above the Indian airy hinterland. Through his acute angelic practices like the circadian rituals such as Sandhyavandhanam, Shri Chandramouleeshwara Pooja, Shri Panchadhanya Pooja, Shri Kamakshi Amman Pooja & account of the vedas, fabricated him accepted above countries & continents. Iyengars (who were not allotment of the mutt), assorted sub castes and Muslims & Christians became his devotees. Admirers accomplished he was not a accustomed actuality and begin out him as a 'Jagadguru', through his practices and afterlight their issues. Mahaperiyava committed his activity to the primary celestial in the bounds of Shri Kamakshi Amman temple, area goddess herself came there for her adherence to Lord Shiva. He agitated the albatross and fabricated it a simple convenance to access adherence by chanting & autograph the angelic name "Rama Rama" which became a religious movement. Admirers came above altered agent to accord commendations for his angelic feet. Populous speeches fabricated Presidents & active of altered states/organisations/associations to be in his aisle of spirituality. Throughout his activity he accomplished Advaitha aesthetics of his guru, Adi Shankaracharya, the abundant Hindu philosopher and reformist. Within the advance of his lifeboat, Mahaperiyava adapted assorted temples above India, added recitals of Shri Vishnu Saharsanamam which was not accustomed by women by again & assorted mantras appear gods, added adherence appear Sabarimala Ayyappan Temple & Tirumala Venkateswara Temple, implemented Agama Sastra rules heavily to beget the adherence in religious places & fabricated amusing changes on acceptance admirers central the temple bounds and additionally helped Vedic priests badly on their accentuation of the vedic language. His 99th altogether celebrations were acclaimed by Shri Jayendrar and Shri Vijayendrar as a huge event. He anesthetized abroad afterwards adulatory his centenary on 8 January 1994.[2] His afterlife accepted admirers to go above numerology and accept alone the name of god in their lifespan. Shri Jayendra saraswati & Shri Vijayendra saraswati connected his angelic assignment alike afterwards his afterlife clashing added Shishyas to gurus. His angelic practices were followed by his devotees. Lifespan became one of the foremost to acquaintance a all-powerful sojourn.
Discourses

As a religious arch like his architect of the mutt, the abundant Hindu philosopher Adi Shankara, he travelled above the country on a barrow and started giving discourses. On several occasions, he addressed the accepted masses on assorted aspects of our Dharma, age-old culture, and a array of subjects. He delivered the discourses on simple verandahs, river beds and sabhas (smaller halls) clashing the 21st century. The discourses delivered decades ago in Tamil & added assorted languages by him and are aggregate and appear in English and Tamil as "Deivathin Kural" (The Voice of God) by his adherent R.Ganapathi, appear by Vanathi Pathippagam (Publishers).[1] It has been translated to English as able-bodied as several Indian languages. Discourses were accompanying to assorted capacity above altered capacity which are able-bodied researched and able-bodied advised. His discourses were the aberration for his admirers aback the accomplished nation was adversity from a ache from age-old adeptness & devotion. He brought aback the practices of Sanatana dharma finer through alcove and corners of the country which reflected in starting assorted Veda paatashalas (schools).
Dignitaries who accept met the Acharya
   
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As a Jagadguru, he was accepted with[vague] dignitaries including the King and Queen of Nepal, the Queen Mother of Greece, the Dalai Lama, Sathya Sai Baba, Mahatma Gandhi, C. Rajagopalachari, M. S. Subbulakshmi, Indira Gandhi, R. Venkataraman, Subramanian Swamy, Shankar Dayal Sharma, MGR, Jayalalitha, Karunanidhi, Kalki Krishnamurthy, Sivaji Ganesan, Rajinikanth, Kamalhassan, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Prannoy Roy, Amitabh Bachchan, R. P. Goenka, Birla Family, JRD Tata and Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Sri Sivan SAR, additionally alleged Sri Siva Periyava

His adolescent brother is Sri Sadasivan, bargain accepted as Sivan SAR.[1] Sri Sivan SAR was built-in on 3 October 1903 in Viluppuram, South Arcot District, Tamil Nadu. Sri Mahaperiyava while speaking to one of his admirers has mentioned that Sri Sivan SAR at bearing itself was a Gynani. He has accounting a book blue-blooded Yenippadigalil Maanthargal. Yenippadigalil Maanthargal is ~650 pages with actual intricate capacity that Sri Sivan SAR has elucidated on assorted topics. Sri Sivan SAR mentions in the addition that he desires the apple to accept acceptable people. Throughout the book, Sri Sivan SAR has showered his advice that awakens us to capacity in our way of activity to advance a added angelic one. The alignment of the antecedent capacity is profound. The book outlines the characteristics of 11 gradations in animal life: Paavi, Pamaran, Viveki, Sadhu, Sirandha Viveki, Muttrina Viveki, Deiva Viveki, Devia Sadhu, Mahaan, Gynani, Thuravi. The aboriginal allotment of the book has capacity such as Culture, Accepted adoration - "Devia Madham", Vedas, the accent of cows, antisocial use of science, the birthmark in gluten and alternating best such as Spelt and capacity of Roman Mythology, Egyptian Civilization, Persian war, etc. The additional allotment of the book covers key incidents from the lives of abounding acquired souls who lived their lives as humans, and were activated but persevered the twists and turns of their fate. Stories of Karaikal Ammaiyar, Theertha Narayanar, Narayana Theerthar, Nandhanar, Badrachala Ramadas, ChinnanSamiyar, Sadasiva Brahamam are aloof a few to name from the book. In all the capacity Sri Sivan SAR calls out absorption to specifics that act as a allegorical ablaze to analyze our behavior. The book's agreeable was accounting by Sri Sivan SAR afterwards any concrete references. Sri Sivan SAR's autography is impeccable. Sri Sivan SAR's assets and maps of abounding regions of the apple is amazing. He has mentioned to abounding of his admirers that HE is in the book.[3][4][5][6]
Influence on Indian Freedom Movement

Saraswati reconverted Indian National Congress baton F. G. Natesa Iyer from Christianity to Hinduism. Iyer, as a boy of ten, "took apartment with Englishmen who brought him up and adapted him to Christianity. Twenty years later, annoyed with the adeptness of the priests to analyze his doubts, he met the Kanchi Sankaracharya and, accepting satisfactory answers from him, reconverted to Hinduism." [7]

The Indian National Congress, in the decade of the 1920s, started organising the Non-Cooperation Movement, which complex accepting abounding bodies to beef on the streets. F.G.Natesa Iyer, the arch Congress activist of Tiruchirappalli then, as additionally the adopted Mayor, took this befalling to catechumen the movement to additionally appearance abutment for the Periyava. He declared the occasion, thus: "I was nominated by the accessible as the administrator of the Accession Committee for alignment a accession for the Acharya of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam. As the borough chairman, it was my assignment to accommodate a able acceptable and account to Swamigal who was visiting afterwards a continued time. The befalling to acceptable His Holiness in a address that was exponentially greater than receptions accustomed to kings and viceroys, was accorded to me, forth with my supporters: Sri M.Kandaswamy Servai, Sri. R.Srinivasa Iyengar, the advocate and the beyond public. The advance that was seven afar long, was preceded by seven groups of nadaswaram players, three bandage groups, four elephants, abounding horses and camels, active players, Bhajan singers, Seva Samitis. I had the absolution to authority the advanced ancillary of the ivory barrow area our authority for the accomplished world, Sri Sankaracharya Swamigal was seated. He gave darshan to abundant bodies lined on both abandon of the roads, in every floor, irrespective of their religion, degree or creed. There was no calculation of arathis, Poorna kumbams, garlands, asthika goshams. The advance that started at 6 pm concluded at 10 pm in advanced of the bearcat at Thiruvanaikkaval. I was alert in my account to Swamigal as account to Lord Shiva himself".[8]

The day India became independent, he gave a accent on the acceptation of the banderole and the Dharma chakra in it on that day.[9][better antecedent needed]
In his own words

“I had a ablution at the Kumara Koshta Thirtha. A carrying of the Bearcat had appear there from Kalavai with the bodies to buy accessories for the Maha Puja on the tenth day of the casual of the antecedent 66th Acharya. One of them, a ancestral maistry (mason) of the Mutt, asked me to accompany him. A abstracted barrow was affianced for the blow of the ancestors to chase me. During the adventure the maistry hinted to me that I ability not acknowledgment home and that the blow of my activity ability be spent in the Bearcat itself. At aboriginal I anticipation that my ancient accessory accepting become the Arch of the Mutt, it was his ambition that I should alive with him. But the maistry gradually antiseptic affairs as the barrow formed on. The Acharya had agitation which developed into aberration and that was why I was actuality afar from the ancestors to be taken to Kalavai… I was abashed by this abrupt about-face of events. I lay in a admiration aspect in the cart, abashed as I was, repeating “Rama… Rama,” the alone adoration I knew. My mother and added accouchement came some time afterwards alone to acquisition that instead of her mission of abating her sister, she herself was placed in the accompaniment of accepting to be consoled”.

—T.M.P. Mahadevan, The Sage of Kanchi[10]
Books

    Svāmī, Candraśekharendra Sarasvatī (2000). Hindu dharma : the accepted way of activity (4th ed.). Mumbai: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. ISBN 978-8172760557.
    Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati (2006). The Vedas (7th ed.). Mumbai: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. ISBN 978-81-7276-401-2.
    Candraśekharendra Sarasvatī Svāmī (2008). Voice of the Authority : The Authority attitude (2nd ed.). Mumbai: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. ISBN 978-8172764159.
    Svāmī, Pūjyaśrī Candrasekharendra Sarasvatī (2001). Śri Śaṅkara Bhagavatpādācārya's Saundaryalaharī = Saundaryalaharī An account (1st ed.). Mumbai: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. ISBN 978-8172762124.
    Jagadguru His Holiness Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swamigal (2008). Fitzgerald, Michael Oren (ed.). Addition to Hindu dharma : illustrated. Bloomington, Ind.: Apple Wisdom. ISBN 978-1933316482.
    Candraśekharendra Sarasvatī Svāmī (2008). Voice of God Vol 1 and 2 (2nd ed.). Mumbai: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. ISBN 978-81-7276-415-9.[citation needed]