Historical Period11c CE
1017–1137 CE
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Rāmānuja at Śrī Perumbudūr
Bhagavān Rāmānuja — 12th c. founder of Śrīvaiṣṇavism
Bhagavān Rāmānuja — 12th c. founder of Śrīvaiṣṇavism
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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).
Om Rāmānujāya Namaḥ
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