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elayavalli • April 18, 2002 


Sri:
SrimathE Ramanujay Namaha:
AzhwAr EmperumAnAr Jeeyar thiruvadigalE Saranam
Appan thiruvadigalE Saranam

--- In bhakti-list@y..., Mani Varadarajan  wrote:

> Please write so that we may all appreciate and honor  
> him together. 
>  

Dear Group

to follow up on Sri Mani's suggestion, I would like to say that, the 
contribution that Sri Ramanuja made to the temple worship is one of 
the important aspects of his overall contribution .

In particular, the effort Sri Ramanuja put into establishing the 
temple workship and management of the four important temples for Sri 
Vaishnavas is just impressive given the time period that he lived in. 
The four temples are: 

Srirangam
Thirumalai
Kanchi 
Melkote (Thirunarayanapuram).

I would suggest all to read the book "Sri Ramanuja and his 
contribution to Temple Worship" published by Motilal. It is one of 
the comprehensive account of the SriRangam temple administration 
(next to koyil olugu in tamil), giving details about each and every 
aspect of the day to day administration.

In addition, the work also reveals the nuances of Sri Ramanuja's 
dealings in Thirumala (given that the priests over there follow 
Vaikanasa) and the establishment of what is now known as Keezh 
thiruppathi and Sri Govindaraja Perumal temple.

the management and leadership qualities that Sri Ramanuja displays is 
very impressive, based on the inscriptions of his contributions to 
the development of the temples in Karnataka, such as Melkote, Belur 
etc.

May be, if Sri Mani permits, I can post a summary of the Srirangam 
temple management structure from the book.

AzhwAr EmperumAnAr Jeeyar thiruvadigalE Saranam

Adiyen
Venkatesh Elayavilli 
http://www.srivaishnava.org





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