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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	-	-