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Chandrasekharendra Saraswati becomes head of the Kanchi Matha

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Chandrasekharendra Saraswati becomes head of the Kanchi Matha
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On 13 February 1907 Swaminathan was installed as the 68th pontiff of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, taking the name Chandrasekharendra Saraswati.

On 13 February 1907 Swaminathan was installed as the 68th Acharya of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, taking the name Chandrasekharendra Saraswati. He then studied for two years under the pandits of the Matha at Kumbakonam. He returned to Kumbakonam in 1914 after further travels and studies. He went on to head the Matha for most of the twentieth century and became a widely followed Hindu religious leader in Tamil Nadu.

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