Sri Gnanasambanda Paramacharya Swamigal served as the 26th Gurumaha Sannidhanam of Dharmapuram Adheenam, a more-than-500-year-old Shaiva monastic institution at Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu, which oversees more than 27 Shaivite temples. He assumed charge in November 1971 and contributed to Thevaram scholarship before his passing on 4 December 2019. திருவருட்செய்தி (Thiruvarutceyti), a two-volume set published by Manivaskar Publishing House, Chennai, presents divine grace-messages in the Shaiva tradition.