Gurudeva — Book on Pudhu Periyava!

From the book, according to Hindu tradition, the Guru is the ropeway to salvation. When the time is ripe for the disciple`s advance, the Guru will automatically appear. The Lord Himself takes on the form of the earthly Guru, in order to help on aspiring sadhak. The Guru is one who opens our eyes to our own reality. There is no one higher than the Guru.

The present book is about the most beloved Gurudeva, His Holiness Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Maharaj, the sixty ninth pontiff of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, one of the most important of the five mutts established by Shankara Bhagavadpada, or Adi Shankara as he is popularly known. The book attempts to present a sketch of the remarkable life and teachings of Gurudeva who has undertaken to spread the message of love, peace and unity to all humanity.

Thanks to Shri Ramesh Ramamurthy for sharing the details about this lovely book on the the 69th Shankaracharya of Kanchi HH Jayendra Saraswati Swamigal, also affectionately referred to by the devotees as Pudhu Periyava. Ramesh says that he is reading it for second time. This book gives a different perspective which we dont know, he adds.

The author of the book is Vanamali.

The book can be purchased online from the below three links and elsewhere too in some famous stores like Giri Trading, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in Madras etc:

https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=3848280462

http://www.exoticindiaart.com/book/details/gurudeva-sri-jayendra-saraswathi-maharaj-IDK915/

https://www.amazon.com/Gurudeva-Sri-Jayendra-Saraswathi-Maharaj/dp/8173051550

For an exhaustive list of English books about our Acharyas please refer to the below link:

http://vandeguruparamparaam.blogspot.com/2014/02/some-english-books-on-kanchi.html