* Sri Ramanuja

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.

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.

An extensive commentary by Prabhupada is given throughout, based on various Gaudiya Vaishnava works, including: Ramanuja Bhasya ( in Sanskrit ); Sarartha-varsini-tika ( Sanskrit ) by Visvanatha Chakravarti Thakura ; Gita-bhusana-tika ( Sanskrit ) by Baladeva Vidyabhushana ; and Bhaktivinode Thakur's Bengali commentaries.

This thaniyan is recited before reading Sri Bhasya of Sri Ramanuja and any Sanskrit stotra of swami desikan by Vadakalai sect of Sri Vaishnavites.

Noted artists of Carnatic Music include MS Subbulakshmi, Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar ( the father of the current concert format ), Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Prapancham Sita Raman, TN Seshagopalan and more recently Sanjay Subrahmanyan, Balamuralikrishna, K J Yesudas, N. Ramani, Lalgudi Jayaraman, umayalapuram sivaraman, Dr. Mysore Manjunath, Mysore Nagaraj, TM Krishna, Bombay Jayashri, etc.

Vishishtadvaita, attributive monism, is from the school of Ramanuja.

* Ramanuja, Indian philosopher ( b. 1017 )

Narendra and other members of the Math spent their time in meditation, discussing the philosophies and teachings of spiritual teachers including Ramakrishna, Adi Shankara, Ramanuja, and Jesus Christ.

Ramanuja or Ramanujan or Ramanujam is a Tamil name.

A dasa ( servant ) and also a manifestation of Lord Vishnu, he is said to have manifested in four human forms or Avatars: Lakshmana, brother of Lord Rama, Balarama, brother of Lord Krishna, Ramanuja and Manavala Mamunigal.

Pat will come the reply, Saint Ramanuja.

Ramanuja ( 1017-1137 A. D .) had visited the Hills thrice.

Ramanuja was inspired by the Holy Hymns of the Alwars singing the glory of the Lord of the Seven Hills.

Ananthalvan choose to settle down on the Hills in fulfillment of the command of the Guru and went on to lay the garden of flowers, dug up the lake and named it after Ramanuja.

In Hinduism, there exist three types of Vendanta schools, Sankara ’ s Advaita, Ramanuja ’ s Visistadvaita, and Madhva ’ s Dvaita.

Advaita holds the belief that moksa is not achieved until ignorance is removed from our human tendencies through deep meditation, while Ramanuja states that Brahman makes up every being, and to find liberation one must give up his will to the Lord.

Today's typical concert structure was put in place by the vocalist Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar.

Carnatic vocalists include Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar, Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar, D. K. Pattammal, G. N. Balasubramaniam, M. Balamuralikrishna, M. S. Subbulakshmi, Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer.

Ramanuja, the main proponent of Visishtadvaita philosophy contends that the Prasthana Traya (" The three courses ") i. e. Upanişads, Bhagavad Gītā, and Brahma Sūtras are to be interpreted in way that shows this unity in diversity, for any other way would violate their consistency.

It is widely revered as Swamy is the incarnation of Baghavath Ramanuja to once again reform the Vaishnavism and to give the world about its elaborated Treatises. He was named " Venkatanatha " and belonged to the Vishwamithra gothra ( lineage ).

Before leaving this world, he arranged for the continuance of the " Guru Parampara " by initiating his primary disciple, Brahmatantraswatantra Swami, and his son, Kumara Varada Desikan into the Acharya tradition, the many disciples of whom still continue the Ramanuja tradition through various ashrams and mutts.

It is because of him that ' Ramanuja Darsanam ' came to be recognized by the world.

But it is for only Swamy Ramanuja and Swamy Vedata Desika, this Thirunamam is apt, as only these two great personalities lived in this material world for one full century and continuously practised and preached the Vishishtadvaita and have set the ideal models for a highly elevated living for the human beings.

Balarama, Lakshmana, Ramanuja and Nityananda Prabhu, are considered avatars of Shesha ( or vice versa ).

" Ramanuja was mightily pleased and embracing Ananthalvan, declared before the congregation, " Ananthalvan, You are truly the man ( Aanpillai ).

There are shrines for Vedhavalli Thayaar, Ranganatha, Rama, Gajendra Varadharaja Swamy, Narasimha, Andal, Anjaneya, Alvars, Ramanuja, Swami Manavala Mamunigal and Vedanthachariar.

Thenkalais are followers of Ramanuja, Pillai Lokacharya and Manavala Mamuni.

Vadakalais are followers of Ramanuja and Vedanta Desika.

B. van Buitenen, a late professor of Indology at the University of Chicago points out that 10th – 11th CE South Indian Vaishnava theologians Yamuna and Ramanuja do not refer to Bhāgavata Purāṇa in their writings, and this anomaly needs to be explained before the geographical origins and dating are regarded as definitive.

Furthermore, Ramanuja believes that Vishnu wishing to do a favour to those who are resolved on acting so as fully to please Him, engenders in their minds a tendency towards highly virtuous actions, such as means to attain to Him ; while on the other hand, in order to punish those who are resolved on lines of action altogether displeasing to Him, He engenders in their minds a delight in such actions as have a downward tendency and are obstacles in the way of the attainment of God.

They are traditionally followers of Ramanuja and Vedanta Desika.

The Salutary Verses are sung in the Temples to ensure that these temples and the practices as established by the Aacharyas and Sri Ramanuja would be followed for ever.