The 121st Jayanthi Mahotsavam of His Holiness Pujyasri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya Mahaswamiji, 68th Pontiff of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, will be celebrated at Shrimatam, Kanchipuram in the presence of His Holinesses Pujyasri Jayendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya Swamiji and His Holinesses Pujyasri Shankara Vijayendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya Swamiji.

The 3-day Jayanthi celebrations will commence on 10th June 2014. Chaturveda Parayanam, Vidwat Sadas and Spiritual discourses will be held every day. On 12th June 2014 - Vaikasi Anusham - Jayanthi Day, the Mahotsavam celebrations will begin early in the morning with Mangala Vadyam recital in Srimatam. Visesha Puja, Abhishekam and Deeparadhana will be performed at the Adhisthanam.
The Centenarian Trust's Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Swamigal Annual Endowment Lecture that is organized every year on the Jayanthi day of His Holiness will be held. In the evening, a utsava vigraha and portrait of His Holiness Pujyasri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya Swamiji will be taken in a procession in a decorated golden chariot around the Adhistanam. Classical carnatic music concerts will be held in the evening in the Brindavan hall. Honorarium will be given to the Village Pujaris, Gurukals and Archakas under the scheme of the Kachi Modoor Welfare Trust, that was instituted with the blessings of His Holiness Pujyasri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya Swamiji in the year 1986 to provide monthly financial assistance to indigent Archakas in the remote villages of Tamilnadu.

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