The Souvenir : Contents
The "Souvenir" is a set of collections the experiences of various devotees and personalities with His Holiness Sri Sri Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi MahaSwamiji.
Shankara Stotra Makaranda- Teaching of Shankaracharya Stotras |
An article on Sri Adi Sankara ByHis Holiness Jagadguru Sri Sri Sri Chandrasekharendra Sarasvati Mahaswamigal Sri Sankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham |
Kanu Pongal Vizha at Kizhambi village |
His Holiness Jagadguru Sri Jayendra Sarasvathi Svamigal Sri Sankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham on Guru Bhakti, dedication to the Guru. |
Aradhana Mahotsavam of Jagadguru Mahaswamigal - 8 to 10 Jan. 2021 |
His Holiness Jagadguru Sri Sankara Vijayendra Sarasvathi Svamigal on Sri Sri Sri MahaPerivaa |
Aradhanaa Mahotsavam of HH Pujyasri Mahaswamigal performed 8-10 Jan21 |
An interesting article on Sri Adi Sankara, written by Prof. P. Sankaranarayanan |
Aradhanaa Mahotsavam commences with Veda Parayanam |
Dr. S. Radhakrishnan on the System of Sri Sankara, and his philosophies, etc. |
Sri Sankara Bhagavatpada |
An interesting article by Dr. Will Durant, on the teachings of Sri Adi Sankara |
Guru Bhakthi |
Various reactions and thoughts of the West with respect to the teachings and philosophies of Sri Adi Sankara |
Let His Grace Protect us |
A collection of tributes to Sri Adi Sankara by well known persons, including: various Acharyas, Sri Appayya Dikshita, Swami Vivekananda, Sister Nivedita, Annie Besant, Pt Jawaharlal Nehru, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Rajaji, etc. |
The life and work of Sri Sankara |
An article on Kanchipuram, the Holy City, describing what makes Kanchipuram an important city, and what makes it a sacred site (mokshapuri) |
A grand Social Idealist, Dr.
Radhakrishnan |
A list of particulars of all the Jagadgurus at the Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham; the names, place of birth, place of attainment of Samadhi, Year of Siddhi (Christian era), and the duration of Pontificate |
The System of Sankara By Dr. Will
Durant |
An article on Sri Adi Sankara and His association with Kanchipuram |
Sankara and the West By Prof. Ninian
Smart |
H.H. Jagadguru Sri Sankaracharya Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Mahaswamigal recounting a real story that occurred at the time of the 64th Acharya. |
Tributes by Ancient and Medieval
Saints |
Rarely do saints like our Paramacharya talk about themselves. But he did so and what he said was marked by humility of which he is never tried of speaking. Said the Acharya: God has created some souls to live for others only. |
Kanchi - The Kamakotipuri |
A short but moving article on Sri Maha Perivaa by Shri Allur Sri Viswanatha Sivachariar |
The Acharyas of The Shri Kanchi
Kamakoti Peetham |
A short and moving article on The Jagadguru Sri MahaPerivaa by Shri A. R. Venkatraman |
Sri Sankara and Kanchipuram |
A must read article. Contains a moving and very interesting article that shows the simplicity and boundless Grace of The Jagadguru |
The episode of The 'Arrest' of the Kanchi
Math! By Sri MahaPerivaa |
Another interesting article on The Jagadguru Sri MahaPerivaa, the experiences of a family. A small example of some of His Miracles and boundless Grace ! |
What Life has taught Me: Sri
MahaPerivaa |
A rather moving article showing the simplicity of Faith and Belief, yet another example of Guru Bhakti and how priceless, invaluable and precious it could be. |
God Incarnate By Allur Sri Viswanatha
Sivachariar |
A touching example of Sri MahaPerivaa's concern for his devotees. |
Let His Grace protect us |
Another short article on The Jagadguru |
The Sub-Judge of Kumbhakonam and His
Holiness |
Sri MahaPerivaa's Grace and experiences of a family with Him |
Some family reminiscences by
Kalyani Rajagopalan |
Some touching experiences and incidents with The JagadGuru. |
Paramacharya an Avatar of Lord Sankara
Himself by
C.N. Kuppuswamy |
Another incident that shows the simplicity and value of faith and belief in The JagadGurus. |
Paramacharya's boundless concern by
J. Sudha |
A very interesting set of Experiences with Him that remind one of The Jagadguru's unique ways ! |
A Unique Seer by
Prabha Devi |
Yet another set of examples that show His Boundless Grace and Compassion |
Paramacharya's grace in a devotee's life by
K.S. Padmaja |
An incident in the life of R. Seshaiah showing the power of belief |
Mahaswamigal of Kanchi by
Srimathi Sarojini Varadappan |
A tribute to The MahaSwamiji, Sri Sri Sri MahaPerivaa by Shri T M P Mahadevan, an ardent devotee of The Peetham |
Solace in faith by
Mrs. Rajalakshmi Sastry, M.A., B.ed., |
A very moving and touching tribute to the JagadGuru, Sri Sri Sri MahaPerivaa by Shri. A. Kuppuswami |
My experiences with Sri Paramacharyal by
Srimathi Radha Sadasivam |
An article about the Aadheenam and Their relationship |
His Holiness and Sri Lalita Geetha
Narayanam
byt Smt. Kalakkad R. Seethalakshmi |
Sri-la-Sri Shanmugha Desika Gnana Sambandha, Paramacharya Svamigal, Dharumai Aadheenam |
Invisible power by
R. Seshaiah |
A tribute by Sri-la-Sri Kasivasi Muthukumarasvami Tambiran Svamigal, Tiruppanandal |
Grace of Sankara Incarnate by
Dr. T.M.P. Mahadevan |
By Poojya Sri Vamadeva Muni Rajaguru of Thailand |
(Life sketch of His Holiness from His 75th
Year) ,
The Evening of an Epic Life by Shri.
A. Kuppuswami |
A tribute by His Holiness Paramahamsa Om Tat Sat Ananda of Rishikesh |
Kanchi Paramacharyal ,
Sri-la-Sri Sivaprakasa Desika Paramacharya Svamigal , Thiruvavaduthurai
Aadheenam |
Acharya Vinobha Bhave's tribute to The Acharya, a warm and inspiring article |
Kanchi Paramacharyal |
A tribute to The MahaSwamiji by Shri R. Venkataraman (Former President of India) |
Kasi Math's Tribute to The Sage of
Kanchi |
A tribute by Shri Marco Pallis |
The MahaPerivaa of Kanchi: A rare
phenomenon of this Yuga |
By Frithjof Schuon. A spiritual encounter between His Holiness the Jagadguru and a Red Indian holy man |
The Mahapurusha of Kanchi Kamakoti
Peetham |
An article by Robet Walser, after his meeting with His Holiness in November, 1993 |
The Wandering Sannyasi |
Arthur Koestler's moving and inspiring article recounting an encounter with His Holiness |
The Sage of Kanchi |
A tribute to His Holiness by Milton Singer, from the University of Chicago |
A Buddhist garland for The
Jagadguru |
A tribute to His Holiness by Dr. A.B. Franklin, Former American Consul-General |
His Holiness and the Red Indian |
Interview of Dr. S.I. Tulaev with His Holiness |
The Master I found |
Arthur Isenberg's meeting with His Holiness |
Jnana Yogi with Bhakti |
A very motivating and inspiring article by Miss Eugenia Borghini |
Sankaracharya |
Excerpts from the well known interview, with The Jagadguru answering questions in His own inimitable style |
His Holiness Jagadguru Sri Sankaracharya
of Kanchi |
Sir Paul Dukes and M. Philippe Lavastine, Feb' 1958 |
From a Russian Indologist |
An article by Shri Dagmar Liechti (Zurich) |
Evening with A Sage |
Yet another tribute by an ardent devotee of His Holiness |
My experience with His
Holiness |
N.A. Palkhivala pays a tribute to The JagadGuru |
Dr. J.W. Elder's interview with H.H.
Kanchi Paramacharya |
The experiences of Dr. K.R.V. Rao with His Holiness |
An interview with His Holiness |
Experiences that bring forth the Magic of the boundless Grace and Blessings of His Holiness |
Spiritual quest- A challenge to the
Physician |
An emotional tribute to The Jagadguru by Shri. H.V.R. Iyengar |
Meeting with Perfection by
Dr. T.M.P. Mahadevan |
Shri Kripanandavariar writes about some moving incidents on the infinite Compassion of The JagadGuru. A must read article. |
A few moments with
Paramacharya |
Agnihotram Ramanuja Tatachariar's tribute to His Holiness. An interesting article on some of the tasks undertaken under the Blessings of His Holiness |
A few moments with
Paramacharya |
Sastra Ratnakara S.R. Krishnamurthi Sastrigal brief article on His Holiness |
A few moments with Paramacharya
by Dr. Raja Ramanna |
An interesting set of incidents with His Holiness by Kulapathi S.Balakrishna Joshi |
Why am I so moved by this
Swamiji? |
Justice T.S. Arunachalam 's tribute to His Holiness, includes an incident, an example of His Compassion and Kindness |
Embodiment of Enlightenment
by Dr. Kripanandavariar |
Justice R. Sengottuvelan narrates an incident that shows a glimplse of His perceptions |
The Ideal Prophet of our Age |
Yet another tribute to The JagadGuru by Late N. Chandrasekhara Iyer (Retired Judge, Supreme Court of India) |
The Light that shines in Kanchi |
Dr A.C. Muthiah's tribute to His Holiness. Also includes some rather moving incidents. |
A Few moments with
Paramacharya |
Dr. M.A.M. Ramaswamy's article on His Holiness, expounding one of the most simple messages of His Holiness.` |
Globe's beacon light at Nagareshu
Kanchi |
Dr. K. Venkatasubramanian's moving article on His Holiness |
Paramacharya's Perception |
Dr S.V. Chittibabu's tribute to The JagadGuru, contains some excellent quotations and thoughts of His Holiness. |
The Sage of Kanchi |
Dr. Mandana Mishra's experiences with His Holiness |
The Universal Guru |
Dr. N. Mahalingam's tributes to His Holiness |
Obeisance of the Paramacharya of Kanchi
Kamakoti Peetham |
Mahavidwan Dr. S. Arunaivadivel Mudaliar's tribute and experiences with The JagadGuru, yet more glimpses of His Compassion |
The Paramacharya of Kanchi Kamakoti
Peetham |
Dr. P.K. Sundaram's inspiring article on His Holiness |
The Sage of Kanchi-A vision of
divinity |
Dr. S. Padmanabhan's tribute to The JagadGuru |
My experience with His
Holiness |
Dr. S.O. Ramakrishnan's moving article on his experiences with The JagadGuru |
Kanchi Mahaperiaval |
Kainkarya Siromani Dr. S.V. Narasimhan, D.Litt.'s experiences with His Holiness. A set of emotionally inspiring Divine incidents narrating The JagadGuru's Foresight and Divinity. |
My blessed experience |
Ra. Ganapati's tribute to His Holiness and to Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharishi. A must read article. |
Compassion and objectivity of H.H.
Paramacharyal |
Ra. Ganapati's article on the two Saints, shows more of His initimable and unique style |
A living God on earth |
Some moving incidents with His Holiness, by C.V. Narasimhan, I.P.S. (Retd) |
The Paramacharya-
The confluence of compassion |
Pon Paramaguru, I.P.S. (Retd) writes on the boundless Kindness and Concern of The JagadGuru |
The Saint amongst Saints |
P. Sitapati I.A.S.(Retd.), on the Great Saint, more incidents with The MahaSwami |
The Maha-Svami and The
Maharishi |
B.Viswanatha Reddi's tribute to The MahaSwamiji |
The Chandrasekhara of Kanchi and The
Chandrasekhara of Sringeri |
Mantri Ratnam A.R.Seshiah Sastrigal's tribute of His Holiness showing glimpses of His boundless powers and compassion |
Paramacharya's benign grace |
P.Chennarayudu's experiences with The MahaSwamiji, yet more glimpses of His infinite Kindness and Compassion |
Paramacharya of Kanchi |
K. Balasubramanya Iyer's tribute to The MahaSwamiji |
The Sage of Kanchi |
T.S.Parathasarathy's experiences with The JagadGuru |
Embodiment of the essential Indian
spirit |
R.Subbaramaiah's incidents with The MahaSwamiji, a set of quite emotional and moving experiences. |
My experiences with His
Holiness |
Silpi: A tribute to The Saint |
Mahaswamigal's Grace |
Bhimarao Jahagirdar's moving memories of his experiences with The JagadGuru |
Our Great Jagadguru |
Shri P.Balakrishnan's moving incidents with The MahaSwamiji |
My experiences with the
Paramacharya |
Shri S.Balakrishnan's tribute to The Great Saint, showing a few instances of His Miracles. |
Master in our personal lives |
By Shri R.Krishnan |
My experience with His holiness |
Encounters with His Holiness by Shri T.R.Krishnamurthi Sasi & Sekar. A very interesting set of incidents |
A cherished memory of Pujyasri
Mahaswamy's stay |
Shri V.J.Chandrasekharan narrates incidents portraying the The MahaSwamiji's inimitable and unique sense of humour. |
My experiences with the sage of
Kanchi |
Shri V.Ganapati Sthapati's tribute to His Holiness and some incidents. |
Paramacharya and miracles |
K.S. Ganapati Subramanyam's experiences with the MahaSwamiji, and His Boundless Grace |
My experience with Paramacharya as a
devotee |
Incidents narrated by Shri L.V. Ramaiah, (Former Trustee, T.T. Devesthanam) |
My personal experiences with His
Holiness |
A tribute to His Holiness by Shri. K.K. Govinda Rao |
The Sage's sense of humour |
Some incidents narrated by K. Ganesan |
Revival of vastu vignanam |
Shri Y. Krishnamurthy's tribute to His Holiness and a few incidents |
Paramacharyal's grace |
A very inspiring article by Shri. T.B. Nagarajan |
The Matchless Mahaswamigal of
Kanchi |
An interesting article by Kainkaryya Siromani K. Padmanabhan |
Unique darshan of Sri
Paramacharya |
Shri. A. Sundaram writes on an incident with His Holiness |
Homage to the Sage of Kanchi |
An incident narrated by R. Pattabhiraman |
God on earth |
By Shri. V. Raghotaman |
Boundless grace and
compassion |
A. Prasanna Kumar writes about some incidents with The MahaSwamiji. An interesting article. |
Reminiscences |
Shri. B.L. Satyanarayan Sastry writes about some moving and divine personal incidents with His Holiness |
A touching incident |
By Shri. N. Rajagopalan |
An experience with the
Paramacharya |
Interesting experiences by Shri. S. Rajagopalan |
The Invisible saviour |
Shri Rajah Iyer Suriyanarayanan's moving experiences with His Holiness |
A Sage at Pandharpur |
Shri. B. Anantaswami's tribute to His Holiness |
Yes, I am blessed |
Shri. K.R.K. Mohan's tribute to His Holiness |
Mere Wish Becomes a reality |
Shri. K. V. Srikanthan's persnaol experiences with The MahaSwamiji |
Rare moments with
Mahaperiaval |
Capt. N. Rengaraj's experiences with His Holiness |
Unforgettable experience of an ardent
devotee |
Shri. V. Subramanian's tribute to His Holiness |
Great compassion of the Sage of
Kanchi |
Shri G. Subramanya Shastri narration of some interesting incidents with The MahaSwamiji |
Strange are the ways of
Paramacharya |
Mrs Seetha Chidambaram's narration of an interesting incident with His Holiness |
Paramacharya as I knew Him |
V. Swaminatha Atreya's narration of some very interesting events with His Holiness. |