Jagadguru Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati VIII Mahaswamigal | |
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 68th Jagadguru of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham | |
| Personal | |
| Born | Swaminathan Shasthri 20 May 1894 |
| Died | 8 January 1994 (aged 99) Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Resting place | Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Organization | |
| Order | Daśanāmi Sampradaya |
| Philosophy | Advaita Vedanta |
| Religious career | |
| Consecration | 13 February 1907 |
| Ordination | 9 May 1907 |
| Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham | |
| In office 1907–1994 | |
| Preceded by | Mahadevendra Saraswathi V |
| Succeeded by | Jayendra Saraswathi |
Jagadguru Shri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Shankaracharya Mahaswamigal (born in a Kannada Smartha family as Swaminathan Shasthri; 20 May 1894 – 8 January 1994) also known as the Sage of Kanchi or Mahaperiyavar (meaning, "The great elder") was the 68th Jagadguru Shankaracharya of the Moolamnaya Saravjna Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham. Mahaperiyavar's discourses have been recorded in a Tamil book titled "Deivathin Kural" (Voice of God).