Chandrashekhara Bharati III

His Holiness jagadguru Shankaracharya
Swami shri Chandrashekhara Bharati
Title34th Jagadguru Shankaracharya of Sringeri
Personal
Born
Narasimha Sastri

(1892-10-16)16 October 1892
Died26 September 1954(1954-09-26) (aged 61)
Resting placeNarasimha vana sringeri
ReligionHinduism
NationalityIndian
LineageDashanami Sampradaya
Monastic nameSwami Chandrashekhara Bharati
Organization
TempleSringeri Sharada Peetham
PhilosophyAdvaita Vedanta
Religious career
PredecessorSacchidananda Shivabhinava Narasimha Bharati
SuccessorAbhinava Vidyatirtha
OrdinationApril 7, 1912

Swami Chandrasekhara Bharati (born Narasimha Sastri; 1892–1954 ) was the Jagadguru Sankaracarya[1] of Sringeri Sharada Peetham in 1912–1954. He was one of the known spiritual figures in Hinduism during the 20th century. He is a Jivanmukta (Sanskrit for one liberated while alive).[2]

  1. ^ Jagadguru=universal teacher, a title of the four heads of the Swami order
  2. ^ Sages of Sringeri, A Tattvaloka Publication, Shri Sharada Peetham, Shringeri, 2005.