Chandrashekharendra Saraswati VIII

Jagadguru Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati VIII Mahaswamigal
68th Jagadguru of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham
Personal life
Born	Swaminathan Shasthri (1894-05-20)20 May 1894 Villupuram
Died	8 January 1994(1994-01-08) (aged 99) Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India
Resting place	Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham
Nationality	Indian
Religious life
Religion	Hinduism
Order	Daśanāmi Sampradaya
Philosophy	Advaita Vedanta
Ordination	9 May 1907
Consecration	13 February 1907
Religious career
Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham
In office 1907–1994
Preceded by	Mahadevendra Saraswati V
Succeeded by	Jayendra Saraswati

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).