Swami Pāndurangāshram( Devanagari: पाण्डुरङगाश्रम्, Pan.du.ran.gā.śram) was the eighth guru of the Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin community(Head of the community) for 52 years, from 1863 to 1915 (the longest on record as of 2012). He had succeeded his teacher Swami Krishnāshram after the latter attained Mahā-Samādhi(died) in 1857. Pāndurangāshram was a Sanskrit scholar, a Yogi and was a Jyothishi(astrologer) as well. He believed in the Dharma(the correct way to live one's life) and was trained in the Sanskrit Scriptures under 'Swami Raghunāth Shāstri and 8 other special scholars from Kashmir.