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- Sacred Colours
- saffronwhite
- Sacred Offerings
- tulasi / flowers / tradition-specific
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RÄmÄnuja at ÅrÄ« PerumbudÅ«r
Tradition: Hindu / Sri Vaishnava
The Place
- Location: Sri Perumbudur, Kanchipuram (12.9625Ā°N, 79.9533Ā°E) Tamil Nadu
- Historical: 1017ā1137 CE
Story
ÅrÄ« RÄmÄnuja (1017ā1137 CE) ā founder of ViÅiį¹£į¹Ädvaita VedÄnta and the institutional ÅrÄ«vaiį¹£į¹ava sampradÄya ā was born at ÅrÄ« PerumbudÅ«r. 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 ā the world's 2nd-tallest sitting statue. At Sri Perumbudur, the birthplace-temple draws pilgrims during Thai Punarvasu (his birth-nakshatra, JanāFeb).
Worship & Mantra
Om RÄmÄnujÄya Namaįø„
Festival Cycle
- Thai Punarvasu (RÄmÄnuja JayantÄ«) (Thai (JanāFeb), 5 days)
Why This Entry Matters
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Wisdom Graph: Divine Associations
- Offerings
- tulasi / flowers / tradition-specific
- Sacred colours
- saffronwhite
šŖ Worship Procedures
- Daily rites
- ā¢ aaratiā¢ abhishekaā¢ naivedya
- Puja sequence
- water/milk abhisheka
- flowers
- prasadam
Sources & provenance
- šScholarly sourceBookBiographical / hagiographical sources of Hindu
- šSupporting referenceOtherRÄmÄnuja at ÅrÄ« PerumbudÅ«r ā Devasthanam records