Parijnanashram II

Who is Parijnanashram II?

Swami Parijnanashram II was the third Guru and Mathādhipati of the Chitrāpur Sāraswats whose reign was between 1757 to 1770. He was ordained as the guru by the elders of the community after Swami Shankarāshram I died without selecting a shishya. Normally it is the shishya who ordained by the guru, who succeeds as the guru of the community.

Swami Parijnānāshram II was an ascetic by nature and did not like to wield power. He lived most of his life practising yoga at Kollur and only occasionally visited the Chitrāpur Matha, the head matha of the community. He left his shishya, Shankarashram discharge most of the administrative duties.