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|location = [[Govindapuram, Thanjavur|Govindapuram]]<br />
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The [[samadhi (shrine)|samadhi]] of [[Sri Bodhendra Saraswathi]], the 59th [[Shankaracharya]] of [[Kanchi matha]] is located in the town of [[Govindapuram, Thanjavur district|Govindapuram]] in [[Thanjavur district]], [[India]] and is an important Hindu pilgrimage destination.<br />
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== History ==<br />
Bodhendra Saraswathi, the 17th-century pontiff of the Kanchi matha reached Govindapuram during the course of his wanderings in the Cauvery delta.<ref name="cauverydeltasaintsp53">{{cite book|title=The Saints of the Cauvery Delta|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|author=R. Krishnamurthy|year=1979|place=Delhi|pages=53}}</ref> He was attracted by the beauty of the place and decided to attain ''samadhi'' or [[salvation]] at the spot.<ref name="cauverydeltasaintsp53" /><br />
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One morning, in the ''[[Purattasi]]'' (September-October) month of the year 1692, Bodhendra Saraswathi attained ''Jeeva Samadhi'' sitting in an [[yoga|yogic]] state.<ref name="cauverydeltasaintsp53" /> He attained [[Videha mukti|Videha Mukthi]] at Govindapuram on Full Moon day in the month of Proshtapada of the cyclic year Prajotpatti (1692 AD).<br />
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==Sri Sri Bodhendra Saraswathi Swamigal==<br />
[[File:Govindapuram2.jpg|thumb|left|Main entrance [[Gopuram]]]]<br />
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Sri Bhagavannama Bodhendra Saraswathi Swamigal alias Sri Bodhendral was born in [[Maṇḍana Miśra]] [[Agraharam]] at Kanchi as the son of Kesava Panduranga. Sri Bodhendral's former name was Purushothama. It was Sri Bodhendral who stressed the efficacy of devotion as a means to liberation in this ''[[Kali Yuga]]''. Sri Bodhendral therefore undertook the Nama Siddhantha, or establishing the supreme efficacy of reciting the names of [[Bhagavan]] in many of His writings, chiefly in Namamritha Rasayana and Namamritha Rasodhaya. Sri Bodhendral's mission of Nama Siddhantha was pursued with equal vigor by Sridhara Venkatesa Ayyaval of Tiruvisainallur and by Sathguru Swamigal of [[Marudanallur]]. It was the Nama Siddhanta of Sri Bodhendral that was ultimately responsible for the evolution of Bhajana Sampradhaya as an institution in the religious life of the [[Hindu]] community in [[South India]]. Sri Bodhendral performed Tatanka Pratishtha at Jambukeswaram and while returning to Kanchi<br />
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== Sanctity ==<br />
A samadhi was constructed by Bodhendra's disciples over the physical space of his internment and yearly ''aradhanas'' are conducted at his samadhi.<ref name="cauverydeltasaintsp53" /><br />
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