caption death_date death_place birth_name birth_place philosophy honors birth_date affiliation propogator image article_title guru name
the temple holy icon of ramanuja inside the sri ranganathaswamy 1137 ce sri rangam , tamil nadu , india iḷayāḻvār , also called lakshmana sriperumbudur , tamil nadu , india vishishtadvaita emberumaar acharya '' -lrb- teacher -rrb- in the philosophy of sri , vaishnavism . udayavar , yathiraja , most venerated '' 1017 ce incarnation of adisesha vishishtadvaita vedanta shri ramanujar pics 2.jpg ramanuja
 periya nambigal ramanuja
ramanuja

ramanuja -lrb- traditionally , 1017 -- 1137 ce -rrb- was a hindu theologian , philosopher , and scriptural exegete , born in a tamil family in the village of sriperumbudur , tamil nadu .
he is also known as sri ramanujacharya , udayavar , ethirajar -lrb- yatiraja -rrb- , emberumannar and lakshmana muni .
he is seen by sri vaishnavism as the most important acharya -lrb- teacher -rrb- of their tradition who followed nathamuni and yamunacharya , and by hindus in general as the leading expounder of vishishtadvaita , one of the classical interpretations of the dominant vedanta school of vedic philosophy .
