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Madhurakavi Azhvar. He received the knowledge of our Visishtatdwaitha

Sampradayam commencing from Thiruvoimozi of Swami Nammazhvar and ending with

all the Rahasyangal from this Acharyan. The speciality of Thiruvoimozi

Pillai is that he introduced Swami Ramanuja, who is the central prominent gem

of our Acharya Parampara to Swami MM and instructed Swami MM to consider

himself as a disciple of Ramanuja all throughout his life. Accordingly Swami

MM cherished his devotion to Swami Ramanuja and as a mark of his devotion

and respect, he composed “Yathiraja Vimsathi” and later earned the title

“Yatheendra pravanar”. Swami MM held the works of Azhvars and Acharyas as

his own and adopted the ‘bhavanai’ of all of them put together. On account of

this special nature he could give us the inner and detailed meanings of all

rahasyas through his monumental works in the form of commentaries. He

spent the major part of his life at Sri Rangam rendering service to Lord

Ranganatha. Because of his contributions to the temple administration and

bringing back the temple and its functions to pristine glory, he became

famous as Koil Manavala Mamunigal. He has two very unique positions in the

Acharya Parampara: ============================================== 1: That of

being the Lord's Acharya. 2: Being the last of the Purvacharyas. In the

next post Mamunikal's unique place in Acharya parampara.

=============================================================== Azhvar

Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam VP Srinivasa Varadan

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