Satguru Chellapaswami ( Tamil: செல்லப்பாசுவாமி, 1840–1915) was a 20th-century Sri Lankan

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Hindu Sage. He was guru of famous Satguru Yogaswami and was 160th Jagadacharya of the Nandinatha Sampradaya's Kailasa Parampara. He lived in the

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peninsula near Nallur Kandaswamy temple His guru was Kadaitswami.

Spiritual lineage

He followed

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sect (

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) of Hinduism. He belongs to Nandinatha Sampradaya's Kailasa Parampara. Saiva siddhanta is prevalent in South India, Sri Lanka and Malaysia. Spiritual lineage : Maharishi Nandinath → Sundaranandar, a

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who later becomes

Tirumular Tirumular (also spelt Thirumoolar etc., originally known as Suntaranāthar) was a Tamil Shaivite mystic and writer, considered one of the sixty-three Nayanmars and one of the 18 Siddhars. His main work, the '' Tirumantiram'' (also sometimes ...

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References

{{Reflist 1840 births 1915 deaths Shaivite religious leaders