Chellapaswami

Setup Chellapaswami (Tamil: செட்டப் செல்லப்பாசுவாமி, 1840–1915) was a 20th-century Sri Lankan Shaiva Hindu Sage. He was the guru of Satguru Yogaswami and was the 160th Jagadacharya of the self claimed Nandinatha Sampradaya's Kailasa Parampara. He lived in the Jaffna peninsula near Nallur Kandaswamy temple.[1] His guru was Kadaitswami.[2]

Spiritual lineage

He followed the Shaivism sect (Shaiva Siddhanta) of Hinduism. He belongs to Nandinatha Sampradaya's Kailasa Parampara. Saiva siddhanta is prevalent in South India, Sri Lanka and Malaysia.[3][4]

Spiritual lineage : Maharishi Nandinath → Sundaranandar, a Siddhar who later becomes Tirumular → → → Kadaitswami → Chellapaswami → Siva Yogaswami → Sivaya Subramuniyaswami → Bodhinatha Veylanswami[5]

Religious titles
Preceded by
Satguru Kadaitswami
 160th Satguru (Spiritual Preceptor) Succeeded by
Satguru Siva Yogaswami

References

  1. ^ "Dancing with Siva". Search "Chellappaswami".
  2. ^ "kadai swami".
  3. ^ Dancing with Siva by Satguru Siva Subramuniyaswami. USA: Himalayan Academy. 1997. pp. ŚLOKA 152. ISBN 9780945497974.
  4. ^ Dancing with Siva by Satguru Siva Subramuniyaswami. USA: Himalayan Academy. 1997. pp. ŚLOKA 151. ISBN 9780945497974.
  5. ^ The Swamis of Kauai Hindu Monastery (2011). The Guru Chronicles: Making of the First American Satguru. Himalayan Academy Publications. p. 19. ISBN 978-1-934145-40-1.