Guest guest Posted July 8, 1994 Report Share Posted July 8, 1994 I returned from India last week. Among other things, I met the Dr.M.A.Venkatakrishnan (who had written a criticism on G.V.Iyer's movie on Sri Ramanuja. Mani has a copy.). It was by a coincidence. His wife was travelling in the next seat from Trichy to Madras. She herself has written a book and some articles and is completing her Ph.D in Vaishnavism soon. Since Madras University does not permit Tamil to be used for theses, her husband, who is a Professor of Sanskrit, had to fight all the way to the Vice Chancelor to get her special permission to submit the thesis in Tamil. They run a Vaishnava magazine called "geethacharyan" from thiruvallikEni Madras, in Tamil. They are Mandyam Iyengars In this trip, I had the occasion to visit two of the three "mEni"(body) of Sri Ramanujar. thaan-ugandha-mEni at mElkOttai, Karnataka thaan-aana-mEni at Sri Rangam. The third is the "thamar-ugandha-mEni" at Sriperumbudhoor. About Sri Ramanuja being called elder brother of Andal, these are my thoughts. Andal became immortal at an young age, 12 or so, I think. So she is always considered as an young girl. Since Ramanujar is pictured as an elderly person, it seems proper to call him as "elder brother" for having fulfilled an young girl's wish. om namo narayanaya Srinivasan K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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