Chandrasekhara paramacharya biography for kids

 His Holiness Jagadguru Shankaracharya Shri Chandrashekarendra Saraswati Swamigal (May 20, 1894–January 8, 1994) or the Sage of Kanchi was an Indian Saint.

Chandrasekhara paramacharya biography for kids

Chandrasekhara paramacharya biography for kids in hindi

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He is usually referred to as Shri Chandrashekarendra Saraswati or Paramacharya or MahaSwami or Maha Periyavaal.

Early life

Mahaswami Chandrashekarendra saraswathi was born on 20 May 1894, under Anuradha star according to the Hindu calendar, into a Kannadiga Smartha Hoysala Karnataka Brahmin family in Viluppuram, South Arcot District, Tamil Nadu as Swaminatha.

He was the second son of Subramanya Sastri, a District Education Officer. The child was named Swaminatha, after the family deity, Lord Swaminatha of Swamimalai, near Kumbakonam. Swaminatha began his early education at the Arcot American Mission High School at Tindivanam, where his father was working.

He was an exceptional student and excelled in several subjects.[citation needed] He won a prize for