Sri Neelakanta Dikshitar in Guru Ratna Malika praised him as Girvanendra Saraswati of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam.
It was Atma Bodhendhra who instructed the great Avadhuta Sri Sadasiva Brahmendra to write the Guru ratna Malika stotram on the Gurus of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam.
Sri Atma Bodhendra Saraswathi attained Siddhi on the banks of the river Dakshina Pinakini, in 1638 AD.
The Maha Samadhi of Sri Atma Bodhendra Saraswathi is located in Vadavambalam, in villupuram district.
The Adhistanam was discovered by Pujyasri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi swamigal and was consecrated on 17 January 1927.