Chattampi Swamikal

• Born on 1853 Aug 25
• Birth place : Kollur - Kannammula - Trivandrum
• House Name : Ullurkodu Veedu
• Father : Vasudeva Sharma
• Mother : Nankamma
• First Name : Ayyappan
• Other names : Kunjan Pillai, Chattampi ,Shanmukhadasan, Saint without saffron
• First Guru : Thaykadu Aiyya
• Kunjan Pillai was introduced into the science of yoga by the Thycaud Ayyavu Swamikal.
• Kunjan Pillai was led to self-realisation by an avaduta whom he met at a wayside in Vadaveeswaram a village in Tamil Nadu.
• In 1882 at the Aniyoor Temple near Vamanapuram Chattampi Swami met Narayana Guru.
• In 1892 at Ernakulam Chattampi Swami met Swami Vivekanandan.
• Swamikal settled down at Panmana, a village in Kollam district, towards the end of his life.
• He attained mahasamadhi  on 5 May 1924 at Panmana.
• Major works: Advaita Chinta Paddhati, Kristumata Nirupanam, Jivakarunya Nirupanam, Moksha Pradipa Khandanam, Pracheena Malayalam, Vedadhikara Niroopanam
• A commemorative postage stamp on Chattampiswamikal was issued on 30 April 2014 by India Post.