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nadAthUr ammAL

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sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: engaLAzhwAn with nadAthUr ammAL at his lotus feet thirunakshathram: chithrai, chithrai avathAra sthalam: kAnchIpuram AchAryan: engaLAzhwAn sishyas: sruthaprakAsikA bhattar (sudharsana sUri), kidAmbi appiLLAr, etc Place where he attained paramapadham: kAnchIpuram Works: thathva sAram, parathvAdhi panchakam (Discussed briefly in –  http://ponnadi.blogspot.in/2012/10/archavathara-anubhavam-parathvadhi.html), gajEndhra mOksha slOka dhvayam, … Read more

engaLAzhwAn

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sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: engaLAzhwAn with nadAthUr ammAL at his lotus feet thirunakshathram: chithrai, rOhiNi avathAra sthalam: thiruveLLarai AchAryan: emperumAnAr, thirukkurugaippirAn piLLAn sishyas: nadAthUrammAL Place where he attained paramapadham: kollankoNdAn (near madhurai) Works: sArArtha chathushtayam (part of vArthAmAlai), vishNu chithIyam (vyAkyAnam for vishNu purANam) Born in thiruveLLarai, he … Read more

kOil komANdUr iLayavilli AchAn

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sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: komANdur iLayavilli AchAn – semponseikOil, thirunAngUr thirunakshathram: chithrai, Ayilyam avathAra sthalam: komANdUr AchAryan: emperumAnAr Place where he attained paramapadham: thiruppErUr komANdUr iLAyavilli AchAn is one of the maternal cousins of emperumAnAr (similar to embAr). He is also known as bAladhanvi guru. iLAyavilli/bAladhanvi means lakshmaNan … Read more

vaduga nambi

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sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: thirunakshathram: chithrai, aswini avathAra sthalam: sALagrAmam (karnAtaka) AchAryan: emperumAnAr Place where he attained paramapadham: sALagrAmam Works: yathirAja vaibhavam, rAmAnuja ashtOththara satha nAma sthOthram, rAmAnuja ashtOththara satha nAmAvaLi During his travel to thirunArAyaNapuram, emperumAnAr goes to mithilApuri sALagrAmam, where he instructs mudhaliyANdAn to touch the water … Read more

kidAmbi AchAn

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sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: thirunakshathram: chithrai, hastham avathAra sthalam: kAnchipuram AchAryan: emperumAnAr He was named praNathArthiharar (one of the names of dhEva perumAL as sung by thirukkachi nambi in his dhEvarAja ashtakam) while he was born. He was appointed as the chief cook for emperumAnAr by thirukkOshtiyUr nambi. … Read more

ananthAzhwAn

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sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: thirunakshathram: chithrai, chithrai avathAra sthalam: sirupuththuR/kiranganur (on bangalore-mysore route) AchAryan: aruLALa perumAL emperumAnAr Place from where he attained paramapadham: thiruvEnkatam Works: vEnkatEsa ithihAsa mAlai, gOdha chathuslOki, rAmAnuja chathuslOki ananthAzhwAn who is also known as ananthAchAryar, anantha sUri, etc., (along with echAn, thondanUr nambi and … Read more

mudhaliyANdAn

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sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: thirunakshathram: chithrai, punarpUsam avathAra sthalam: pEttai AchAryan: emperumAnAr Place from where he attained paramapadham: srIrangam Works: dhAti panchakam, rahasya thrayam (not available anywhere) Born as the son of Anandha dhIkshithar and nAchiyAramman, he was named dhAsarathi. He is the nephew of emperumAnAr. He is … Read more

thiruvarangathu amudhanAr

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sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: thirunakshathram: panguni, hastham avathAra sthalam: srIrangam AchAryan: kUrathAzhwAn Place from where he attained paramapadham: srIrangam thiuvarangathu amudhanAr was previously known as periya kOil nambi. He was the official guardian of srI rangam temple and was doing purOhithyam (reading purANam, vEdha viNNappam, etc). Initially, he … Read more

vAdhi kEsari azhagiya maNavALa jIyar

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sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: thirunakshathram: Ani, swAthi avathAra sthalam: mannAr kOil (brahma dhEsam), near ambA samudhram AchAryan: periyavAchAn piLLai (samAsrayaNam), nAyanArAchAn piLLai (grantha kAlakshEpam) sishyas: yAmunAchAryar (author of pramEya rathnam, thathva bhUshaNam), pinchenRa villi, etc Place from where he attained paramapadham: srIrangam Works: thiruvAimozhi 12000 padi vyAkyAnam (word-by-word … Read more

mARanEri nambi

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srI: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImadh varavaramunayE nama: srI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: ALavandhAr (in the middle) with dheivavAri ANdAn and mARanERi nambi – A sculpture in srI rAmAnujar sannidhi, srI rangam Thirunakshathram: Ani, Ayilyam avathAra sthalam: purAnthakam (a village in pAndiya nAdu) AchAryan: ALavandhAr Place from where he attained paramapadham: srIrangam mARanEri nambi is a dear … Read more