On Sri Ramanuja's shrine in Thirumala

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Dear all,

 

I have problem with some of the conclusions that Sri Mani has come up

with in reply to Sri Varadan's email (the long one).

 

If we accept that there was none at thirumala with the stature of Sri

Ananthalwar to construct the shrine (given the not so close

relationship between Sri Ramanuja and the Vaikhanas temple

management), then how do resolve the possible theory that the

Ramanujar shrine was moved to the present location at some later data.

If there was no one strong enough to take on the temple management to

preserve the location of the shrive after some renovation, why even

have the shrine inside the temple complex. the temple management could

have moved the shrine anywhere they want.

 

I do not have any evidence to provide, but understanding the temple

politics, if the shrine was moved from one location to another, there

must have been some inscription to that effect (This is done at other

DDs such as the the Narasimhar temple in Tanjore) In this case, I

would think the management may not have had the compulsion to keep the

shrine inside the temple complex, if it was ever moved from it's

original location.

 

It is also known that there were constant renovation at the temple

complex between 1130-1219 AD and beyond. It is possible that some the

walls with the inscriptions could have been used for these

renovation(they might have figured, it was economical to re-use the

walls to expand, than bring the raw material from Keezh thiruppathi).

 

So it is not always reasonable to expect evidence for all traditional

belives. If you have evidence, well and good.

 

thanks

 

Adiyen

 

Venkatesh Elayavilli