Jagadguru Chandrasekhara Saraswathi Swamigal

This is a very rare picture of Jagadguru Chandrasekhara Saraswathi Swamigal who is known to his disciples as "Maha Periyaval".

He expressed a desire to go to Chidambaram and visit the "Natarajar Temple" and have darshan of the lord and also see the "kunchithapaadam". "Kunchithapaadam" is made out of various roots and is worn by the Lord Nataraja. The sishyaas were wondering how to go to Chidambaram as Maha Periyavaal was very old and was not having good health at that time. To the utmost surprise of everyone at the Sankara Mutt, the Dheetchadars of Chidambaram Temple came to Kancheepuram the very next day morning before sunrise and wanted to have darshan of Mahaperiyaval. They met the Maha Periyavaal and presented to him the "Kunchithapaadam". They requested Maha Periyavaal to keep the "Kunchithapaadam" in his head and the above photograph was taken on that occasion.

Darshan of "Kunchithapaadam" will cure all diseases and will help us to attain "Moksha".

This is a very rare photo which was published in "Aanmeega malar" magazine of Dhina Malar on 7th January 2012.

T.P.Anand
Dubai, U.A.E.