Family Background
The lineage of his family is as follows: Sayamdeva, his son-> Nagnath, his son -> Devrao, his son-> Gangadhar and his son -> Saraswati Gangadhar. He belonged to the Aapastambha Brahmin shakha and his gotra is Kaudinya. The name of his mother's father is Chaundeshwar. His mother's name was Champa. His surname is Saakhare. This information is given in the first chapter of Shri Gurucharitra. It is not known how many children he had. However, he keeps mentioning about his "poorvaj" who is Sayamdev. Sayamdev was one of the four close disciples of Shri Narasimha Saraswati. Saraswati Gangadhar is the fifth generation person (great-great-grandson) in Sayamdev family.
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