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Sri Rangaramanuja was born in Ani Madham with Mrugaseersham as his birth Star in Bharadwaja Gothram.
He belonged to sama veda and was a native of the Velamur village in the North Arcot district of Tamil Nadu. He studied under Sri
Anantacharya - the 15th head of the Vadakalai Sri Vaishnava community, sri bhashya parampara counted from Sri Ramanujacharya.
Immediately after his studies, he was initiated into Sanyasa directly by the 15th pontiff of the Parakala matam of Mysore.
Sri Rangaramanuja was very studious by nature and is said to have composed 60 works in all, as the title 'Shasti-prabandha-nirmata' indicates.
All his works, however, have not withstood the ravages of time. He was also very famously known as prabhanda Nirmata and Upanishad Bhashyakarar.
Works:
Sri Rangaramanuja composed works on the traditional Sanskrit scriptures as well as on the devotional literature of the Sri Vaishnavas (for instance, commentaries on the Tiruvayamozhi (9000 padi), Tiruppavai, Pallandu etc.,
1) Commentaries on the Upanisads: Kena, Katha, Prasna, Mundaka, Mandukya (together with the Agama Prakarana), Taittiriya, Chhandogya, Brhadaranyaka, Mantrika (Culika), Atharvasikha, Kausitaki, Svetasvatara.
2) Commentary on Agnirahasya Brahmana:
3) Mulabhavaprakasika:
4) Srutha prakasa Bhavaprakasika: This is a commentary on the Srutaprakasika of Sri Sudarasana Suri
5) Visayavakya Deepika: This lists and comments upon the Upanisadic passages explicity referred to in the Sri-Bhashya.
6) Saariraka Saastrathadipika.
7) Ramanujasiddhanta SArasamgraha:.