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He is the darsana sthapakar of Srivaishnava sampradayam and is one of the most important acharyas of our sampradaya. He was considered the amsam of Thiru Ananthalwar. Year of Birth – Kali 4117 in the year of Pingala in the month of Chitthra and Arudhra nakshatram- sukla panchami thithi. He belonged to Haritha gothram. His father was Asuri kesava somayaji swami. He took sanyasramam at a very early age and was doing siddhantha pravachanam in Srirangam and many other places.
He nominated 74 simhasanadhipathis and ordained them to do pancha samskaram to sishyas at their places. From the 74 simhasanadhipathis, he selected four namely, Nadathur Azhwan, Kidambi Acchaan, Thirukkurugaippiran Pillan and Mudali Andan, gave them the Sri Bhashya kosam and instructed them to do Sri Bhashya pravachanam thereby making them Sri bhashya simhasanadhipathis. He has authored nine granthams in total namely, Sri Bhashyam Vedantha Saram Saranathi Gadyam Sri ranga Gadyam Vaikunta Gadyam Sri Gita Bhashyam Nithyam Vedartha Sangraham Vedantha Deepam Sri Ramanuja became an exponent in all the granthas he learnt from his acharyas and spread Sri Vishishtadvaitha philosophy and Srivaishnavam through the 9 granthas He wrote in Sanskrit. After having conquered those who opposed his philosophic exposition of Vishistadvaitha, tradition has it that Sri Ramanuja received the benediction of Lord Sri Hayagreeva through the medium of Saraswathi Devi. Having embraced the life of an ascetic, Sri Ramanuja travelled far and wide through out.