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Ilayathangudi is a village located near Tirupathur in the Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu. It is famous for Kailasanathar Nithyakalyani Temple which is one of the nine temples held in high esteem by the Chettinad Nagarathar community.
It also has the Adhistanam temple of the 65th Shankaracharya of the Kanchi Matha, Pujyasri Sudarsana Mahadevendra Saraswati. [1]
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Jagadguru Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya was the 69th Shankaracharya Guru and head or pontiff (Pïțhādhipati) of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham. Subramanyam Mahadeva Iyer was nominated by his predecessor, Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, as his successor and was given the pontifical title Sri Jayendra Saraswathi on 22 March 1954.
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He was the 58th Pontiff of the Kanchi Matha from 1586 AD to 1638 AD. He was a native of Vridhachalam, Tamil Nadu. He was born in the year 1586. His pre-monastic name was Visvesvara. In some texts name him as Vishwakendra Saraswati or Girvanendra Saraswati. Sri Neelakanta Dikshitar in Guru Ratna Malika praised him as Girvanendra Saraswati of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam. He toured south India extensively and stayed at Benares. He wrote a commentary on the Vedic Sri Rudram. It was Atma Bodhendhra who instructed the great Avadhuta Sri Sadasiva Brahmendra to write the Guru ratna Malika stotram on the Gurus of the Kanchi Mutt. For Sadasiva brahmendra saraswathi and Atma Bodendra Saraswathi, the common guru is 57th Pontiff of Kanchi Mutt, Sri Paramasivendra Saraswathi who attained siddhi at Tiruvengadu. Atma Bodhendra Saraswathi is the immediate guru of Bodhendra Saraswathi, the 59th pontiff of Sri Kanchi Mutt who attained siddhi at Govindapuram, near Kumbakonam.
Sattanatha Muthiah Ganapathi, popularly known as S. M. Ganapathi sthapathi, was an Indian architect and builder (sthapati) of traditional Hindu temple architecture. He was known for his contribution in saving 48 archaeologically important temples near the Nagarjun Sagar reservoir from submergence. Orirukkai Manimantapam, Ramalayam and Kalyana Mandapam at Bhadrachalam and the Mahamantapam of the Badrinath Temple are some of his notable creations. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri in 1990.
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Vyasachala Mahadevendra Saraswati was the 54th Pontiff of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham from 1498 to 1507AD. He was the son of Kamesvara and Kamalamba who belonged to Kanchi. His pre-sanyasa name was Kuppanna and his guru was Purnananda Sadasivendra Saraswati. He is the author of Vyasachala Sankara Vijaya. He attained mukti at Vyasachala on the first day of the dark fortnight of Ashada in the cyclic year Akshaya. The Acharyal has been described as great tapasvi and besmeared with holy vibhuthi and engaged himself in Shiva aradhana. The jeeva samadhi of Vyasachala Mahadevendra Saraswati is located in Sri Nallinaikeshwarar temple Ezhichur which is 55 km from Chennai. The Shiva Linga was worshipped by Surya and Chandra Bhagavan. There is a temple pond which was created by Surya Bhagavan for worshipping Lord Nallinakeshwarar. It's said that 7 Siddhas pray to the Shiva Linga in the form of snakes and one who is steeped in devotion can have the good fortune of having darshan of them. Acharyal Vyasachala Mahadevendra Saraswati attained videha mukti and went into Agni Mudra through which he was immediately transformed to sacred vibhuthi. It's said that one should chant Pancaksara Mantra with devotion to have darshan of the acharya in person or through speech or visions. The sacred vibhuthi provided by the priest should be only used during the evening and one should take care not to commit any aparadha or any sin. After his mukti, the disciplic succession was carried over by Chandrachudhendra Saraswati II,
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