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data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kanchipuram" title="Kanchipuram">Kanchipuram</a>, Tamil Nadu, India</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">First Jagadguru</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Adi_Shankara" title="Adi Shankara">Adi Shankara</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Present Jagadguru</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vijayendra_Saraswati_Swamigal" title="Vijayendra Saraswati Swamigal">Vijayendra Saraswati Swamigal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kamakoti.org/">www<wbr />.kamakoti<wbr />.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham</b>, also called the <b>Sri Kanchi Matham</b> or the <b>Moolamnaya Sarvagnya Peetham</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>web 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hindu</a> religious center of <a href="/wiki/Vedic_learning" class="mw-redirect" title="Vedic learning">Vedic learning</a>, located in <a href="/wiki/Kanchipuram" title="Kanchipuram">Kanchipuram</a>, Tamil Nadu. It is housed at the <a href="/wiki/Kamakshi_Amman_Temple" title="Kamakshi Amman Temple">Kamakshi Amman Temple</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Shaktism" title="Shaktism">Shaktism</a> tradition, which also contains a shrine for the <a href="/wiki/Advaita_Vedanta" title="Advaita Vedanta">Advaita Vedanta</a> teacher <a href="/wiki/Adi_Shankara" title="Adi Shankara">Adi Shankara</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKrishna2006100_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKrishna2006100-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The matha-tradition attributes its founding to <a href="/wiki/Adi_Shankara" title="Adi Shankara">Adi Shankara</a>, but this and the reliability of the matha's succession list has been questioned.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESuthren_Hirst200525_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESuthren_Hirst200525-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClark2006224_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEClark2006224-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the Sri Kanchi math tradition, the matha was founded at Kanchipuram, and shifted south to the temple city of <a href="/wiki/Kumbakonam" title="Kumbakonam">Kumbakonam</a> in the mid-18th century due to the on-going wars, when there was warfare in the region, and returned to Kanchipuram in the 19th century.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDalal2010192_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDalal2010192-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Historically, the Kanchi Math was established as the Kumbakonam Mutt in 1821 as a branch of the <a href="/wiki/Sringeri_Sharada_Peetham" title="Sringeri Sharada Peetham">Sringeri Mutt</a>, and became involved with the Kamakshi temple in Kanchipuram in 1839,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESunil1987_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESunil1987-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "set[ing] up shop in Kanchipuram at the turn of the last [19th] century."<sup id="cite_ref-Guruswamy_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guruswamy-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>web 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The peetham gained a good reputation under the charismatic leadership of Sri <a href="/wiki/Chandrashekharendra_Saraswati_VIII" title="Chandrashekharendra Saraswati VIII">Chandrashekharendra Saraswati VIII</a> (born 20 May 1894; 68th Shankaracharya 1907 – 8 January 1994), who was regarded as an <i>avatara purusha</i>, a realised seer.<sup id="cite_ref-T.M.Krishna_scroll.in_2018_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-T.M.Krishna_scroll.in_2018-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>web 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The peetham lost authority and standing under the leadership of Sri <a href="/wiki/Jayendra_Saraswati" class="mw-redirect" title="Jayendra Saraswati">Jayendra Saraswati</a> (born 1935; appointed suceesor 1954; 69th Shankaracharya 3 january 1994 - 28 February 2018), who favoured an outreach to a broader audience beyond the Brahmins, but had less spiritual charisma, and was involved in a murder-trial.<sup id="cite_ref-T.M.Krishna_scroll.in_2018_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-T.M.Krishna_scroll.in_2018-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>web 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was succeeded in february 2018 by <a href="/wiki/Vijayendra_Saraswati_Swamigal" title="Vijayendra Saraswati Swamigal">Vijayendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya Swamigal</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Founding">Founding</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kanchi_Kamakoti_Peetham&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Founding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sri_Kanchi_Kamakoti_Peetam._Kanchipuram._2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Sri_Kanchi_Kamakoti_Peetam._Kanchipuram._2010.jpg/280px-Sri_Kanchi_Kamakoti_Peetam._Kanchipuram._2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Sri_Kanchi_Kamakoti_Peetam._Kanchipuram._2010.jpg/420px-Sri_Kanchi_Kamakoti_Peetam._Kanchipuram._2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Sri_Kanchi_Kamakoti_Peetam._Kanchipuram._2010.jpg/560px-Sri_Kanchi_Kamakoti_Peetam._Kanchipuram._2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="650" /></a><figcaption>Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam. <a href="/wiki/Kanchipuram" title="Kanchipuram">Kanchipuram</a>. 2010</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Traditional_accounts">Traditional accounts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kanchi_Kamakoti_Peetham&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Traditional accounts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The founding of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam is traditionally attributed by its adherents to Adi Shankara.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESuthren_Hirst200525_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESuthren_Hirst200525-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the Kanchi matha's tradition, Adi Shankara was born in 509 BCE and died in 477 BCE,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDalal2010376_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDalal2010376-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and founded Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham in 482 BCE.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The chronology stated in Kanchi matha texts recognizes five major Shankaras: Adi, Kripa, Ujjvala, Muka and Abhinava. According to the Kanchi matha tradition, it is "Abhinava Shankara" that western scholarship recognizes as the Advaita scholar Adi Shankara.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDalal2010376_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDalal2010376-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the Sri Kanchi matha documents, the <i>matha</i> relocated completely to Kumbakonam in the mid-18th century to escape wars and persecution,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDalal2010192_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDalal2010192-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>web 4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> returning to Kanchi in the 19th century.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDalal2010192_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDalal2010192-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Jonathan Bader and other scholars, the monastic tradition gives "fear of Muslim atrocities" from Nawab of Arcot, Mysore's Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan as the reason, but the details remain unclear.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBader2000289–290_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBader2000289–290-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKasturiMadhavan2007173–174_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKasturiMadhavan2007173–174-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESarasvatiMahadevan2003436–437_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESarasvatiMahadevan2003436–437-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to <a href="/wiki/T._A._Gopinatha_Rao" title="T. A. Gopinatha Rao">T. A. Gopinatha Rao</a>, copperplate inscriptions show that the matha was located at Kanchipuram until 1686 CE,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERao19162_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERao19162-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and relocated to Kumbakonam, Tanjore, in the 18th century.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERao19163_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERao19163-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sharma disputes Rao's interpretations of the copper plates, arguing that the dating is doubtfull, and that most plates do not refer to Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham at all.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESharma198759-72_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESharma198759-72-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Rao, based on the oldest record found in the respective mathas (1291 and 1346 respectively), Kanchipuram matha <i>may</i> be older than Sringeri Pitham.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERao19166_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERao19166-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Disputed_chronology">Disputed chronology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kanchi_Kamakoti_Peetham&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Disputed chronology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The foundation-story of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, and it's chronology of Shankaracharyas, is widely disputed.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScheifinger2016106_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEScheifinger2016106-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESuthren_Hirst200525_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESuthren_Hirst200525-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Sringeri_matha" class="mw-redirect" title="Sringeri matha">Sringeri matha</a> rejects the claims of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, and does not count it among the mathas established by Shankara.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDalal2014"Kanchipuram"_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDalal2014"Kanchipuram"-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Modern scholarship places Shankara in the 8th century CE, and the story of the four cardinal mathas founded by Shankara dates from the 16th century, putting in question the founding stories of all those mathas,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClark2006224_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEClark2006224-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though Christopher Fuller and David Smith regard the Kanchi Shankaracharyas as his "spiritual descendants."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScheifinger2016106_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEScheifinger2016106-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Sunil, the history of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham has been rewritten in the 20th century, when Chandrashekharendra Saraswati was the Paramacharya.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESunil198713_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESunil198713-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historical_account">Historical account</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kanchi_Kamakoti_Peetham&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Historical account"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Historically, the Kanchi Math was established as the Kumbakonam Mutt in 1821 by the <a href="/wiki/Thanjavur_Maratha_kingdom" title="Thanjavur Maratha kingdom">Maratha king of Tanjore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Serfoji_II" title="Serfoji II">Serfoji II Bhonsle</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESharma198717_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESharma198717-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESunil1987374-382_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESunil1987374-382-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sunil_1987_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sunil_1987-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Guruswamy_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guruswamy-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>web 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as a branch of the <a href="/wiki/Sringeri_Sharada_Peetham" title="Sringeri Sharada Peetham">Sringeri Mutt</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESunil1987_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESunil1987-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Guruswamy_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guruswamy-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>web 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It became an <a href="/wiki/Apostate" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostate">apostate</a> <a href="/wiki/Schism#Hinduism" title="Schism">schismatic</a> institution in 1839 when the Kumbakonam Mutt applied for permission to the English Collector of Arcot to perform the "<a href="/wiki/Kumbhabhishekham" title="Kumbhabhishekham">kumbhabhishekham</a>" of the <a href="/wiki/Kamakshi_Amman_Temple" title="Kamakshi Amman Temple">Kamakshi temple in Kanchipuram</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESharma198718_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESharma198718-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1842, the <a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a> headquartered at <a href="/wiki/Fort_William,_India" title="Fort William, India">Fort William, Calcutta</a> appointed the head of the mutt as the sole trustee of the Kamakshi temple, despite the protests of the traditional priests of the Kamakshi temple, which are well documented and preserved.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESharma198718_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESharma198718-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVeeramani1988217_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVeeramani1988217-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Guruswamy_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guruswamy-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>web 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>web 5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mohan Guruswamy recalls, </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>My own ancestral village, Nagavedu, is a few miles from Kanchipuram. I remember my father telling me that his father was a young man when the Kanchi Shankaracharya set up shop in Kanchipuram at the turn of the last century. He also said that his father always referred, and as did others in the area, to this new Shankaracharya as the Kumbakonam Shankaracharya. This is a nice play on the word Kumbakonam for in colloquial Tamil it is also used to refer to a shady deal.<sup id="cite_ref-Guruswamy_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guruswamy-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>web 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="20th-21st_century">20th-21st century</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kanchi_Kamakoti_Peetham&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 20th-21st century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tensions_in_the_temple_leadership">Tensions in the temple leadership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kanchi_Kamakoti_Peetham&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Tensions in the temple leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under the leadership of Sri <a href="/wiki/Chandrashekharendra_Saraswati_VIII" title="Chandrashekharendra Saraswati VIII">Chandrashekharendra Saraswati VIII</a> (born 20 May 1894; 68th pontiff 1907 – 8 January 1994), who was regarded as an <i>avatara purusha</i>, a realised seer,<sup id="cite_ref-T.M.Krishna_scroll.in_2018_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-T.M.Krishna_scroll.in_2018-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>web 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the peetham gained a significant role as a traditional center of religious studies, focusing on male Brahmin students.<sup id="cite_ref-T.M.Krishna_scroll.in_2018_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-T.M.Krishna_scroll.in_2018-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>web 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His successor Sri <a href="/wiki/Jayendra_Saraswati" class="mw-redirect" title="Jayendra Saraswati">Jayendra Saraswati</a> was appointed as successor in 1954,<sup id="cite_ref-TIE_2018_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TIE_2018-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>web 6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and succeeded him at 3 January 1994, staying in office until his death at 28 February 2018. Jayendra favoured an outreach to a broader audience beyond the Brahmins, propagating Hindu-values and lifestyle in general,<sup id="cite_ref-T.M.Krishna_scroll.in_2018_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-T.M.Krishna_scroll.in_2018-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>web 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> leading to tensions between Chandrashekharendra and Jayendra.<sup id="cite_ref-T.M.Krishna_scroll.in_2018_8-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-T.M.Krishna_scroll.in_2018-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>web 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESunil1987_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESunil1987-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to these tensions, in august 1987 Jayendra disappeared for a couple of days, apparently withdrawing from the temple leadership, but returning just a couple of days later and eventually succeeding Chandrashekharendra Saraswati.<sup id="cite_ref-T.M.Krishna_scroll.in_2018_8-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-T.M.Krishna_scroll.in_2018-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>web 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESunil1987_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESunil1987-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TIE_2018_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TIE_2018-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>web 6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jayendra broadened the scope of the peetham, supporting "schools, colleges, hospitals, and rural programmes."<sup id="cite_ref-T.M.Krishna_scroll.in_2018_8-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-T.M.Krishna_scroll.in_2018-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>web 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He opposed Christian conversion efforts by active oureach toward the poor and down-throdden, visiting slums and poor neighborhoods.<sup id="cite_ref-T.M.Krishna_scroll.in_2018_8-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-T.M.Krishna_scroll.in_2018-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>web 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jayendra was also politically involved, maintaining contacts with the <a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Swayamsevak_Sangh" title="Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh">Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vishwa_Hindu_Parishad" class="mw-redirect" title="Vishwa Hindu Parishad">Vishwa Hindu Parishad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> and the <a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-T.M.Krishna_scroll.in_2018_8-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-T.M.Krishna_scroll.in_2018-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>web 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sankararaman_murder_case_(2004)"><span id="Sankararaman_murder_case_.282004.29"></span>Sankararaman murder case (2004)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kanchi_Kamakoti_Peetham&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Sankararaman murder case (2004)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Sankararaman_murder_case" title="Sankararaman murder case">Sankararaman murder case</a></div> <p>In 2004, Jayendra Saraswathi and his junior <a href="/wiki/Vijayendra_Saraswati" class="mw-redirect" title="Vijayendra Saraswati">Vijayendra Saraswati</a> were arrested in connection with the <a href="/wiki/Sankararaman_murder_case" title="Sankararaman murder case">Sankararaman murder case</a> on <a href="/wiki/Diwali" title="Diwali">Diwali</a> day.<sup id="cite_ref-Subramani_2018_ToI_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Subramani_2018_ToI-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>web 7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The court said that the complainant failed to support the prosecution and he was given bail. The trial went on till 2013 when he was acquitted by the court,<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the murder trial negatively impacted both his standing and his role in society,<sup id="cite_ref-T.M.Krishna_scroll.in_2018_8-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-T.M.Krishna_scroll.in_2018-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>web 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the image and influence the Kanchi Mutt.<sup id="cite_ref-T.M.Krishna_scroll.in_2018_8-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-T.M.Krishna_scroll.in_2018-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>web 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Subramani_2018_ToI_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Subramani_2018_ToI-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>web 7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religious_center">Religious center</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kanchi_Kamakoti_Peetham&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Religious center"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vedic_studies">Vedic studies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kanchi_Kamakoti_Peetham&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Vedic studies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The matha offers Vedic studies to male Brahmin students in a number of <i><a href="/wiki/Pathasala" title="Pathasala">pathasalas</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECenkner1995117–121_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECenkner1995117–121-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the leadership of Jayendra Saraswati, the peetham took a more liberal stance, also reaching out to a non-Brahmin audience. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cultural_preservation">Cultural preservation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kanchi_Kamakoti_Peetham&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Cultural preservation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Kanchi monastery, along with other monasteries across India, has been an important preserver and source of historic palm leaf manuscripts.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chronological_list_of_Shankaracharyas">Chronological list of Shankaracharyas</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kanchi_Kamakoti_Peetham&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Chronological list of Shankaracharyas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the Peetham, the chronological list of Guru Paramapara of the matham is follows:<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col div-col-small"> <ol><li>Sri <a href="/wiki/Adi_Shankaracharya" class="mw-redirect" title="Adi Shankaracharya">Adi Shankaracharya</a> (482 BCE–477 BCE)</li> <li>Sri <a href="/wiki/Sureshwaracharya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sureshwaracharya">Sureshwaracharya</a> (477 BCE–407 BCE)</li> <li>Sri Sarvajnatmanendra Saraswati (407 BCE–367 BCE)<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Sri Satyabodhendra Saraswati (367 BCE–268 BCE)<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Sri Jnanandendra Saraswati (268 BCE–205 BCE)</li> <li>Sri Shuddhanandendra Saraswati (205 BCE–124 BCE)</li> <li>Sri Anandaghanendra Saraswati (124 BCE–55 BCE)</li> <li>Sri Kaivalyananda Yogendra Saraswati (55 BCE–28 CE)</li> <li>Sri Kripashankarendra Saraswati (28 CE–69 CE)</li> <li>Sri Sureshwara Saraswati (69 CE–127 CE)</li> <li>Sri Shivananda Chidghanendra Saraswati (127 CE–172 CE)</li> <li>Sri Chandrashekharendra Saraswati I (172–235)</li> <li>Sri Satchidghanendra Saraswati (235–272)</li> <li>Sri Vidyaghanendra Saraswati (272–317)</li> <li>Sri Gangadharendra Saraswati (317–329)</li> <li>Sri Ujjwala Shankarendra Saraswati (329–367)</li> <li>Sri Sadashivendra Saraswati (367–375)</li> <li>Sri Shankarananda Saraswati (375–385)</li> <li>Sri Martanda Vidyaghanendra Saraswati (385–398)</li> <li>Sri Mukhashankarendra Saraswati (398–437)</li> <li>Sri Chandrashekharendra Saraswati II (437–447)</li> <li>Sri Bodhendra Saraswati I (447–481)</li> <li>Sri Satchisukhendra Saraswati (481–512)</li> <li>Sri Chitsukhendra Saraswati (512–527)</li> <li>Sri Satchidanandaghanendra Saraswati (527–548)</li> <li>Sri Prajnaghanendra Saraswati (548–565)</li> <li>Sri Chidvilasendra Saraswati (565–577)</li> <li>Sri Mahadevendra Saraswati I (577–601)</li> <li>Sri Purnabhodhendra Saraswati (601–618)</li> <li>Sri Bhodhendra Saraswati II (618–655)</li> <li>Sri Brahmanandaghanendra Saraswati (655–668)</li> <li>Sri Chidanandaghanendra Saraswati (668–672)</li> <li>Sri Satchidananda Saraswati (672–692)</li> <li>Sri Chandrashekharendra Saraswati III (692–710)</li> <li>Sri Chitsukhendra Saraswati (710–737)</li> <li>Sri Chitsukhanandendra Saraswati (737–758)</li> <li>Sri Vidyaghanendra Saraswati III (758–788)</li> <li>Sri Abhinava Shankarendra Saraswati (788–840)</li> <li>Sri Satchidvilasendra Saraswati (840–873)</li> <li>Sri Mahadevendra Saraswati II (873–915)</li> <li>Sri Gangadharendra Saraswati II (915–950)</li> <li>Sri Brahmanandaghanendra Saraswati (950–978)</li> <li>Sri Anandaghanendra Saraswati (978–1014)</li> <li>Sri Purnabhodhendra Saraswati II (1014–1040)</li> <li>Sri Paramashivendra Saraswati I (1040–1061)</li> <li>Sri Chandranandabhodhendra Saraswati (1061–1098)</li> <li>Sri Chandrashekharendra Saraswati IV (1098–1166)</li> <li>Sri Advaitanandabodhendra Saraswati (1166–1200)</li> <li>Sri Mahadevendra Saraswati III (1200–1247)</li> <li>Sri Chandrachudendra Saraswati I (1247–1297)</li> <li>Sri Vidyatirthendra Saraswati (1297–1385)</li> <li>Sri Shankaranandendra Saraswati (1385–1417)</li> <li>Purnananda Sadashivendra Saraswati (1417–1498)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vyasachala_Mahadevendra_Saraswati" title="Vyasachala Mahadevendra Saraswati">Vyasachala Mahadevendra Saraswati</a> (1498–1507)</li> <li>Chandrachudendra Saraswati II (1507–1524)</li> <li>Sri Sarvajna Sadashivabodhendra Saraswati (1524–1539)</li> <li>Sri Paramashivendra Saraswati II (1539–1586)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atmabodhendra_Saraswati" title="Atmabodhendra Saraswati">Atmabodhendra Saraswati</a> (1586–1638)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodhendra_Saraswati_II" title="Bodhendra Saraswati II">Bodhendra Saraswati II</a> (1638–1692)</li> <li>Sri Advaitatma Prakashendra Saraswati (1692–1704)</li> <li>Sri Mahadevendra Saraswati IV (1704–1746)</li> <li>Sri Chandrashekharendra Saraswati V (1746–1783)</li> <li>Sri Mahadevendra Saraswati V (1783–1813)</li> <li>Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati VI (1813–1851)</li> <li>Sudarshana Mahadevendra Saraswati (1851–1891)</li> <li>Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati VII (1891 – 7 February 1907)</li> <li>Sri <a href="/wiki/Mahadevendra_Saraswati_V" title="Mahadevendra Saraswati V">Mahadevendra Saraswati V</a> (7 February 1907 – 13 February 1907)</li> <li>Sri <a href="/wiki/Chandrashekharendra_Saraswati_VIII" title="Chandrashekharendra Saraswati VIII">Chandrashekharendra Saraswati VIII</a> (born 20 May 1894; pontiff 1907 – 8 January 1994)</li> <li>Sri <a href="/wiki/Jayendra_Saraswati" class="mw-redirect" title="Jayendra Saraswati">Jayendra Saraswati</a> (born 18 July 1935; appointed as successor 1954; pontif 3 January 1994 – 28 February 2018)</li> <li>Sri <a href="/wiki/Vijayendra_Saraswati_Swamigal" title="Vijayendra Saraswati Swamigal">Shankara Vijayendra Saraswati</a> (28 February 2018 – Present)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMeena197446_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMeena197446-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>web 8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ol> </div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maha_periyava.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="68th Shankaracharya Sri Chandrashekharendra Saraswati Mahaswamigal"><img alt="68th Shankaracharya Sri Chandrashekharendra Saraswati Mahaswamigal" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Maha_periyava.jpg/85px-Maha_periyava.jpg" decoding="async" width="85" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Maha_periyava.jpg/128px-Maha_periyava.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Maha_periyava.jpg/171px-Maha_periyava.jpg 2x" data-file-width="474" data-file-height="665" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">68th Shankaracharya Sri <a href="/wiki/Chandrashekarendra_Saraswati" class="mw-redirect" title="Chandrashekarendra Saraswati">Chandrashekharendra Saraswati</a> Mahaswamigal</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jayendra_Saraswathi_Swamigal.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="69th Shankaracharya Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Mahaswamigal"><img alt="69th Shankaracharya Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Mahaswamigal" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Jayendra_Saraswathi_Swamigal.jpg/120px-Jayendra_Saraswathi_Swamigal.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Jayendra_Saraswathi_Swamigal.jpg/180px-Jayendra_Saraswathi_Swamigal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Jayendra_Saraswathi_Swamigal.jpg/240px-Jayendra_Saraswathi_Swamigal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="287" data-file-height="225" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">69th Shankaracharya Sri <a href="/wiki/Jayendra_Saraswathi" title="Jayendra Saraswathi">Jayendra Saraswathi</a> Mahaswamigal</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sri_sankara_vijayendra_saraswathi_swamingal.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="70th Shankaracharya Sri Vijayendra Saraswathi Mahaswamigal"><img alt="70th Shankaracharya Sri Vijayendra Saraswathi Mahaswamigal" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Sri_sankara_vijayendra_saraswathi_swamingal.jpg/56px-Sri_sankara_vijayendra_saraswathi_swamingal.jpg" decoding="async" width="56" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Sri_sankara_vijayendra_saraswathi_swamingal.jpg/84px-Sri_sankara_vijayendra_saraswathi_swamingal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Sri_sankara_vijayendra_saraswathi_swamingal.jpg/112px-Sri_sankara_vijayendra_saraswathi_swamingal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="540" data-file-height="1151" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">70th Shankaracharya Sri <a href="/wiki/Vijayendra_Saraswati_Swamigal" title="Vijayendra Saraswati Swamigal">Vijayendra Saraswathi</a> Mahaswamigal</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sankararaman_murder_case">Sankararaman murder case</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kanchi_Kamakoti_Peetham&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Sankararaman murder case"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Sankararaman_murder_case" title="Sankararaman murder case">Sankararaman murder case</a></div> <p>In 2004, Jagadguru Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Mahaswamigal and his junior Vijayendra Saraswati were arrested in connection with the <a href="/wiki/Sankararaman_murder_case" title="Sankararaman murder case">Sankararaman murder case</a> on <a href="/wiki/Diwali" title="Diwali">Diwali</a> day.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The court said that the complainant failed to support the prosecution and he was given bail. The trial went on till 2013 when he was acquitted by the court.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kanchi_Kamakoti_Peetham&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output 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