Sri Ramanujar

The great Sri Vaishnava Acharya Sri Ramanuja (1017-1137) played the most important part in resuscitating and reinvigorating Sri Vaishnavism and made the philosophy reach the masses. He reformed and streamlined the administration of the temple in so thorough a style that most of the conventions followed today originated from him. Even today we can have the darshan of this saint’s physical body in his temple just opposite to Sri Chakrathalwar temple near entrance of the temple. The figure is so natural and perfect that even the finger nails are life-like. Two times in a year the temple priest will mix pure camphor and saffron and apply this paste over his physical body.