The Acharyas of The Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham

Year of
Place of Duration
Sl Siddhi-
Name Place of Birth Attainment of of
No. (Christian
Samadhi Pontificate
era)
Founder
and First
Sri Sankara
1 Kaladi Kanchi 477 B.C. Head of
Bhagavatpada
Kanchi
Math
2 Sureswaracharya Kashmir Do 407 B.C. 70 years
3 Sarvajnatman Tamrabarani Do 364 B.C. 112 years
4 Satyabodha Amaravathi Tira Do 268 B.C. 63 years
Mangalam near
5 Jnanananda Do 205 B.C. 63 Years
Lalgudi
6 Suddhananda Vedaranya Do 124 B.C. 81 years
7 Anantananda Chera country Sri Saila 55 B.C. 69 Years
Punyarasa
8 Kaivalyananda Tirupati 28 A.D. 83 years
Kanchi
Vindhya
9 Krpa Sankara Andhara Desa 69 A.D. 41 years
Mountains
10 Sureswara Mahabaleswar Kanchi 127 A.D. 58 years
11 Sivananda Cidghana Karnataka Vriddhachala 172 A.D. 45 years
12 Chandrasekhara I Near Palar Seshachala 235 A.D. 63 years
13 Satchidghana Near Gadilam Kanchi 273 A.D. 37 years
Agastya
14 Vidyaghana Andhra Desa 317 A.D. 45 years
Parvata
15 Gangadhara I Kanchi Do 329 A.D. 12 years
16 Ujvala Sankara Tapati Tira Kashmir 367 A.D. 38 years
17 Sadasiva Kashmir Trayamabak 375 A.D. 10 years
18 Surendra Maharashtra Ujjain 385 A.D. 10 years
19 Vidyaghana Maharashtra Godavari Tira 398 A.D. 13 years
20 Muka Sankara (?) Godavari 437 A.D. 35 years
21 Chandrasekhara ii Konkan Kasi 447 A.D. 10 years
22 Bodhendra I Ratangiri Jagannatha 481 A.D. 34 years
23 Satchitsukha Srikakulam Do 512 A.D. 31 years
24 Chitsukha I Konan Ratangiri 527 A.D. 15 years
Satichidanandaghan
25 Srimushnam Gokarna 548 A.D. 21 years
a
Pinakini river
26 Prajnanaghana Kanchi 546 A.D. 16 years
side
27 Chidvilasa Hastigiri Kanchi 577 A.D. 13 years
28 Mahadeva I Mithila Do 601 A.D. 24 years
29 Purnabodha I Andhra Desa Do 618 A.D. 17 years
30 Bodhendra Ii Do Do 655 A.D. 37 years
31 Chidanandaghana Andhra Desa Do 672 A.D. 4 years
33 Satchidananda Do Do 692 A.D. 20 years
34 Chandrasekhara III Vegavati side Do 710 A.D. 18 years
Sahaya
35 Chitsukha II Vedachala 737 A.D. 27 years
Mountains
Chitsukhananda
36 Kanchi 758 A.D. ...  
Palar side
37 Vidyaghana Not Known Chidambaram 788 A.D. 21 years
Chidambaram, Dattatreya
38 Abhinava Sankara 840 A.D. 30 years
Himalayas cave,
39 Satchidvilasa Maharashtra Kanchi 837 A.D. 32 years
40 Mahadeva II Karnataka Do 915 A.D. 33 Years
Bhima river
41 Gangadhara II Do 950 A.D. 42 years
side
Brahamanandaghan
42 Karnataka Do 978 A.D. 35 years
a
1014
43 Anandaghana Tungabhadra Do 28 years
A.D.
1040
44 Purnabodha I Karnataka Do 36 years
A.D.
1061
45 Paramasiva I Do Do 26 years
A.D.
1098
46 Sandranandabodha Do Arunachala 21 years
A.D.
1166
47 Chandrasekhara IV Kundi river side Do 37 years
A.D.
Advaitanandaboodh 1200
48 Pinakini Chidambaram 68 years
a A.D.
1247
49 Mahadeva III Chayavanam Gadilam 34 years
A.D.
1297
50 Chandrachuda I Not Known Do 47 years
A.D.
1385
51 Vidyatirtha Bilvaranya Himalayas 50 years
A.D.
1417
52 Sankarananda Madhyarjuna Kanchi 88 years
A.D.
53 Purnananda Nagarayana Do 1498 32 years
 Sadasiva A.D.
Vyasachala 1507
54 Kanchi Vyasachala 81 years
Mahadeva A.D.
1524
55 Chandrachuda II Asmala Kanchi 9 years
A.D.
Sarvajna 1539
56 Pennar side Rameswaram 17 years
Sadasivabodha A.D.
1586
57 Paramasiva II Pampatira Svetarayana 15 years
A.D.
1638
58 Atmabodha Vridhachalam Gadilam 47 years
A.D.
Bhagavannama Govindapura 1692
59 Kanchi 52 years
Bodhendra m A.D.
Vasista river 1704
60 Adhyatma Prakasa Ambi 54 years
side A.D.
1746
61 Mahadeva IV Not known Tiruvottriyur 12 year
A.D.
1851
62 Chandrasekhara V Not known Do 31 years
A.D.
Mahadeva 1891
65 Madhyarjuna Elaiyattankudi 37 years
(Sudarsana) A.D.
Udayambakka 1908
66 Chandrasekhara VI Kalavai 40 years
m A.D.
1908
67 Mahadeva VI Tiruvisanallur Do 7 days
A.D.
Chandrasekharendra
1994
68 Saraswathi Maha Villupuram Kanchi 100 years
A.D.
Svamigal VII
Jayendra Saraswathi
69 Irulneeki - - -
Svamigal
Sankara Vijayendra
70 Thandalam - -
Sarasvathi Svamigal