Adhishtanams at Kalavai 66th and 67 th acharyas of the Kanchi mutt

Kalavai Adhishtanams:

This small town in Arcot near Vellore  on the Chennai Bangalore highway is the place of the Adhishtanams of two Acharyas preceding Maha periyava. After you cross Ranipet look for a small road to the left leading to Arani before Arcot. The road leads to Tindivanam. At about 20 kms  in between is Kalavai. Take the first right turn inside Kalavai after the petrol bunk there is a huge pond on the left and the Kanchi mutt is on the right

Recent homam at Kalavai 26/may/2010    click here for   The homam at Kalavai details

    For the Adhishtanam pictures please see the link below from Mahaperiyavaa.wordpress.com(Pics of Kalavai Adhishtanam)

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Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi VII : http://www.kamakoti.org/peeth/origin.html#appendix2 He was the son of Sitarama Sastri. This Acharya's poorvasrama name was Swaminatha. He was a native of Udayambakkam. He attained mukti at Kalavai in the year 1907 on Krishna Ashtami in the month of Magha of the cyclic year Parabhava (1907 AD).

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Sri Mahadevendra Saraswathi V: http://www.kamakoti.org/peeth/origin.html#appendix2 He was the son of Narasimha Sastri and Lakshmi and was known as Lakshmi Narasimha prior to sanyasa. He occupied the Peetha for seven days only and attained mukti at Kalavai on Shukla Prathama in the month of Phalguna of the cyclic year Parabhava (1907 AD). From Kanchi mutt calendar 2018  Today 19/oct/2018 I could have darshan with family and was blessed . A young  patasalai student took me around and explained the importance to me.It seems  after Mahaperiyava attained siddhi ,in a few weeks time, a tulasi plant sprouted here between the Adhishtanams of the senior  periyavas on a grinding stone.When it was plucked out it re appeared and Shri Mahaperiyava appeared in a bhakta’s dream and informed he has appeared in the form of the Thulasi plant and wants to rest here in company of his guru and parmaguru so it should not be tampered with! It is now seen taken care of with utmost reverence

13/08/23 Today we had the chance to revisit this adhishtanams and vedapatasalai we were blessed by the divine darshan. there is an improvement here where in the patasalai and the pradakshina path have been covered with fiberglass roof so come rain or shine if is protected. My father in law Dr.S.Kalyanaraman recollected that when Mahaperiva camped here in tbe past it was scorching sun so his father Dentist Dr.Subramaniam had covered the walk way with a coconut palm leaf roofing.

Today 24/11/24 Our family had an opputunity to get blessed with darshan of the adhishtanams

I saw a new flex board with a quaint piece of history of this place and I have reproduced it here below

Hara Hara Shankara Jaya Jaya Shankara

Pujya Sri kanchi Kamakoti Peethadhipati Srimad Jagadguru Sri Adi Sankarcharya swamine namah

Sri Gurubhyonamah

Sri Maha Tripura Sundari Sametha Sri Chandramouliswara Swamina Namah

66th Peethadhipati Pujya Si Jagadguru Sri Sri Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Swamine Namah

67th Pethadhipati Pujya Sri Jagadguru Sri Sri Sri Mahadevendra Saraswathi Swamine Namah

In the Guru Parampara of Sri Adi Sankaracharya comes the 66th Jagadguru Puja Sri Sri Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Swamy of Kanchi Kamakoi Peethadhipati. The 66th Acharya was born in Udayambakam Vilage in Chengelpet District in Taminadu. He visited Chaturveda Narayana Mangalam Village (Kalavai) Parimala Ksthera on the orders of Gramadevata vilalge deity Sri Si Sri Ankala Parameshwari.

The reason for his visit was due to the extensive mysterious kshudra pooja worship in the village of Kalavai because of which the powers of Goddess was waning and the entire village was affected with scarcities and Small-Pox (masoochi)

disease. So Goddess Ankala Parameshwari appeared in the dream of the Acharya and told him to come down to village with Sri Maha Tripura Sundari Devi and Sri Chandramouliswara Swami.

To overcome the situation the Goddess informed Swamy to perform Chaturveda Parayanam, Purana Ithasa Pravachanam, Durga Saptashati Parayanam, Dhanvantari Maha Sudarshana Japam which will move the curse and increase the wealth and health of the village. As the time passed the village of Kalavai developed with al the wealth and prosperity. The smallpox disease in the village got reduced. The 66th Peethadhipati Swamy was visited by the people of the village regularly and the devotees used to observe Chandramouliswara Pooja and receive Tirthaprasada from Swamy.

In the year 1906 when 66th Acharya while observing Chathurmasa pooja in village PERUMUKKALin South Arcot District.,Swaminathan (Maha Periyava) and his parents went to have Acharya darshan. It was then our 66th Acharya saw Swaminathan (Maha Periyava) for the frst time and saw him as a great soul destined to adom the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam after him because 66th Acharya wasa great sage who could foresee the future. The Acharya made a detailed enquires about Swaminathan and met the boy frequently, Acharya was happy to listen to the appropriate answers that Swaminathan gave

to many of his question. From that day, the Acharya asked that Swaminathan be brought to the Mutt and in this way Swaminathan got more attached to the Mutt and was able to obtain the blessings of the 66th Acharya more.

In the First week of February 1907, a telegram arrived from Kalavai where the Acharya was camping, addressed to Subramania Sastri. The message required Subramania Sasti to take Swaminathan immediately to Kalavai. 

The oficials at the Mutt at Kanchi took Swaminathan in a horse-drawn carriage (Jutka) to Kalavai As the 66th Acharya was suffering from smallpox knowing that he might not live longer, decided to appoint Swaminathan as head of the Mutt  to succeed him. But

the Acharya attained samadhi before Swaminathan could reach Kalavai. As Our Gurupararmpara says no Peetam should be left empty without a Peethadhipati so the Acharya had named his successor a cousin of Swaminathan (son of Mahalakshmi Ammal's sister) Lakshmikanthan who was 18 years old. Lakshmikanthan was a disciple of Acharya, he served his quru with devotion although knowing about smallpox efect on him. He was appointed as the 67th Peethadhipati asSri Sri Mahadevendra Saraswathi Swami and adorned the Peetam for only eight days but he attained samadhi due to effect of

Smallpox at his Guru Charanamulu. Before he attained samadhi, the 67th Acharya had decided to name Swaminathan as his successor which was also the desire of his own guru (66th Acharya).

Procedural rituals relating to the appoint of Swaminathan as the sucessor to the 67th Acharya were completed quickly as Soon he reached Kalavai. Young Swaminathan barely thirteen years old assumed charge as the 68th Acharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam with the Deeksha Naamam

 Sri Sri Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi (Maha Periyava ) on 13th February 1907. 

Ater Maha Periyava siddhi, he appeared in the form of Tulsi between two his Gurus  as seen even today