Rāmānuja at Śrī Perumbudūr

Rāmānuja at Śrī Perumbudūr

Tradition: Hindu / Sri Vaishnava

The Place

• Location: Sri Perumbudur, Kanchipuram (12.9625°N, 79.9533°E) Tamil Nadu
• Historical: 1017–1137 CE

Story

Śrī Rāmānuja (1017–1137 CE) — founder of Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta and the institutional Śrīvaiṣṇava sampradāya — was born at Śrī Perumbudūr. He lived 120 years. His teachings spread through temple reforms across South India, including at Srirangam, Melkote, and Tirumala. A 216-ft "Statue of Equality" (2022) was inaugurated at Muchintal, Telangana, to mark his 1,000th birth-anniversary — the world's 2nd-tallest sitting statue. At Sri Perumbudur, the birthplace-temple draws pilgrims during Thai Punarvasu (his birth-nakshatra, Jan–Feb).

Worship & Mantra

Om Rāmānujāya Namaḥ

Festival Cycle

• Thai Punarvasu (Rāmānuja Jayantī) (Thai (Jan–Feb), 5 days)

Why This Entry Matters

Every tradition in India — textual, oral, tribal, regional, syncretic — deserves first-person recognition. This entry honours Hindu on its own terms.