In his mangala sloka in ' Sri Bhashya ', the Lokaguru Shrimath Ramanuja declares the glory of Lord Venkateswara:

On hearing about Sri Ramanuja he went to Srirangam.

The case of Democritus is different from the case of, for example, Epimenides of Crete ( 7th, 6th centuries BC ), who is said to have lived 154, 157 or 290 years, as has been said about countless elders even during the last centuries as well as in the present time. The philosopher and theologian Ramanuja lived from 1017CE to 1137 CE. His body is said to be not perished and kept at Sri Ranganather temple, Trichy district, Tamilnadu India as exhibit These cases are not verifiable by modern means.

The Shrine of Sri Ramanuja is adjacent to the Sangeeta Bhandara, in the northern corridor of the Vimana Pradakshinam.

Ramanuja is considered the father of the Sri Vaishnava community in Tirupati.

Ramanuja was responsible for managing the worship and other affairs of the Sri Venkateswara temple.

It is sincerely believed by the Vaishnavism a sect of ancient Vedic Hindu religion, that Aadi Sesha the divine snake over which God Vishnu resides took incarnation as Lakshmana, later as the great Vaishnavaitic saint and philosopher Sri Ramanuja, later once again as Sri Manavala Mamunigal as he is the embodiment of ultimate service to lord Almighty Sriman Narayana

Legend has it that the parents of the Sri Vaishnava saint, Ramanuja came to the temple and prayed to the Lord for a son and eventually the saint was born.

There are also festivals for Sri Ramanuja ( April – May ) and Sri Manavalamamunigal ( Oct-Nov ) besides festivals for Alwar and Acharyas.

The province of Canara seems to have been under the sway of Vishnu Vardhana, the great Vaishnava King who was converted by Sri Ramanuja.

* The book, Sri Ramanuja, His Life, Religion, and Philosophy, states that the name " Narayana " means, " He who is the dwelling place i. e. the source, support and dissolving ground of all Jivas or souls, including inert matter.

Ramanuja also wrote a commentary on the Brahma sutra, called Sri Bhasya, which lays the foundations of the Vishishtadvaita tradition.

Ramanuja, in Sri Bhasya 1. 1. 1., reiterates that inequality and diversity in the world are due to the fruits of karma of different souls and the omnipresent energy of the soul suffers pain or pleasure due to its karma.

Andavan Ashram ( Mutt ) has a connection with Hemmige from the days of Periya Andavan, Chinna Andavan, KaTAndethi Andavan ( Srinivasa Ramanuja Maha Desikan ), Nam Andavan, Thembarai Andavan, Akkur Andavan, ThiruKudanthai Andavan who all visited Hemmige for some time and did the Mangala Sasnam of Varadharajar at Sri Varadharaja Swamy Temple.

63 Sri Ramanuja Upadesa, 1896

Sri Ramanuja makes many references to these two scholars in his commentaries, Vedanta Sangraha and Sri Bhasya.

Recently the pontiff of Srivilliputtur ( the most venerated Srivaishnava pilgrim centre in Tamilnadu in India ), ' Sri Manavala Mamunigal Mutt ' H. H 23rd peetam Sri Sri Sri Satakopa Ramanuja Jeeyar Swamiji has made the installation of the idols of Andal ( Sri Gotha Devi ), Ramanuja, and Manavala Mamunigal in this sacred place of predominant Sri Vaishnava origin during the yagna performed between 3-8-2009 and 6-8-2009.