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sadagopan.org sadagopan.org (Age33) darsana nirvAham---1050 astheprincipalhelpfor retaining KurEsar while toRanganAthar, Kaimkaryam for appointment ofMudaliyANDAn Ozhku:P38); Seran Matam(Koil veedhi, North PrAkAram Thrivikraman 31. MatamestablishmentatSrirangam: the titleofUdayavar---1050(Age33) with blessed being and Arayar PerumAL with Thiruvaranga 30. ArrivalatSrirangam Udayavar. phase of the on Heenters IlayAzhwAr; fromnow 33) UntilnowRaamAnujarwasknownas 29. Birth ofVedAnthaSaaram (Age ---1050 (Age32) Margazhi 1049 28. Yaadhava PrakAsar'spassingaway -- Puvirundavalli Thirukkachchi nambi Thirukkachchinambi Puvirundavalli 6 RaamAnujar himself toexiles RaamAnujar reforms attheSrirangam Temple, to 34.2 Disappointedwith the resistance -1051 (Age34) UrangAvilli Dasar-- RaamAnujar tobecome under theswayof comes 34.1 Urangavilli ThirukkOshtiyUr nambi--1050(Age33) by Thirumantira MantrArtaUpadEsam to with be blessed Nambi behest ofPeriya atthe toThirukkOshtiyUr time for thefirst going and Nambi Periya from mantrArtam 33. Second UpadEsam on Dhvaya of HisfiveAchAryans---1050(Age33) ,one from ThiruvarangaPerumALArayar Thiruv 32. Learning Emperumanar inSwarUpavahanam Aimozhi with Music Music with Aimozhi 39. Creation of Nithya Grantham ---1054 Grantham ofNithya 39. Creation (Age36) sishyAs---1054 become & PiLLAn 38. KidAmbiAcchAn Ramanujar now--1054(Age36) with restscompletely Koil nirvAham Thiruvarangatthu AmudanAr. of himwiththename sway andblessing 37. BringingPeriya ---1053(Age35) upavAsam month one himtoundertake after asking agrees finally tobless RaamAnujar ,who fromNambi ThirumantrOpadEsam 36. 18thvisittoThir . --1053 (Age35) to10branches Srirangam Kaimkaryams at the 5branchesof & theExpansionof 35. ReturntoSrirangam (Age34,35) ThiruveLLARai---1051-53 Srirangam Sri Ramanujar Ramanujar Sri Srirangam ukkOshtiyUr to receive receive ukkOshtiyUr to Koil Nambi under His His under Nambi Koil 7 1054 (Age36) --- childborntoKurEsar 42. FirstFemale Ramanuja ---1054(Age36) from CharamaslOka UpadEsam to receive month toqualifyhim 41. KurEsarfastsfora slOka upadEsam Charama for 40. ReturntoThirukkOttiyUr (Age 36) ThirukkoshtiyUr Sri Ramanujar ThirukkoshtiyUrSri Thiruvallikkeni uDaiyavar ThiruvallikkeniuDaiyavar

sadagopan.org sadagopan.org Yaj~na Moorthy looses in debate with debate with in Yaj~na Moorthylooses from 47. KaasiVaasi 1054 (Age36) Ramanuja---Iyppasi it overto and hands thekeystoTemple along with and BrahmaRathamride) Padanam PurANa (PurOhitham, Temple nirvAham over take gets thepledgefromhimto and Mother AmudanAr's Thiruvarangatthu for 46. KurEsarattendstheyEkAham (Age36). AacchAn---PurattAsi 1054 MadapaLLI becomes AcchAn forRamanuja. for KitchenKaimkaryam AcchAn Kidambi appoints and Srirangam alarmed ThirukkOttiyUrnambiarrivesat RamAnuja; 3dayupavAsam byRamanuja; poison to attempt Nambi's 45. Utthama Panguni Utthiramday---1054(Age36) Performance ofSaraNAgathy during Gadhya Thrayam& 44. Creationof RaamAnuja--1054(Age36) from AchArya to gainupadEsam and recievespermission Nambi kaimkaryam forThirukkOshtiyUr 43. MudaliyANDAn performing SrI RamanujaandSriKurattaazhvaan TamilnAdu, Adhvaithi Adhvaithi TamilnAdu, 8 to beg for the rights to recite IyaRppaa and reciteIyaRppaa rights to to begforthe Thiruvaranga PerumAL Arayar 50. Visiting born ---1055(Age37) is RamanujaNooRandhAthi it. compose to how demonstrating dEsams and dhivya KurEsar,AzhwArsand on compose him to andinstructing by AmudanAr brought Prabhandhams ofthe 49. Rejection 1055 (Age37) sishyAs ofRamanuja--- become children to their Andansend Thirumalai Nambi, ThirukkOttiyUr 48. Reactingtothis, by Ramanuja---1055(Age37) stays ataseparateMatamcreatedforhim and EmperumAnAr PerumAL AruLALa of Ramanuja withthedAsyanAmam sishyAof andbecomesthe admits hisdefeat he debate, of Ramanuja; after18days AruLALa PerumAL EmperumAnAr AruLALaPerumAL 54. Bitti Devan consecrates Vijaya 54. BittiDevanconsecrates (Age 38) 1056 -- AvaNi and serves LordSrinivAsan Ramanujam create anandavanamnamed to toThiruppathi goes 53. AnanthAzhwAn 37). --Marghazhi1055(Age a VaishNavan tobecome husband presses her to Belurand shereturns home Nambi; visit ThondanUr and to RaamAnuja’s blessings to receive arrives atSrirangam Bitti Devan 52. Wifeof sishya--1055 (Age 37) Saaram; NallAnChakravarthybecominga PramEya and creating Jn~AnaSaaram 51. AruLALaPerumALEmperumAnAr 1055 (Age37) withIyarppaa---Karthikai NooRanthAdhi instructing himtoreciteRaamAnuja and to AmudanAr thatright over handing Thirumalai AnanthAzhwAn ThirumalaiAnanthAzhwAn 9 Ramanuja to perform MangaLAsAsanam Ramanuja toperform urges Hisdisciple AnanthAzhwAn, 61. Hesitation to Climb Thirumala; 1057 (Age39) populates that village Ramanuja toAchAryan; Mandiyam village andcedes Vila DevarAyan prostrates 60. KeezhaThiruppathi:Yaadhavakatti Nishtai AchArya 's therebyVaradAcchAr’swife 59. Impressed (Age 39) house--1057 AmmAl’s (VaradAchAr’s) 58. OnthewaystaysatParutthikkollai 1057 (Age39) -- of RamanujartoThiruppathy 57. Visit (Age39) KurEsar --1057 56. Thebirthofasecondfemalechildto (Age39) Sri Vaikuntam--1057 ascends to the fiveAchAryansofRamanujar 55. ThiruvarangaPerumALArayar, one of (Age37). Chiittirai, 1055 atBelur --hEviLambi NaarAyaNan Thiruppathy Sri Ramanujar SriRamanujar Thiruppathy with30VaishNavAs---

sadagopan.org sadagopan.org 65. WhenrestingatKa (Age40) PurattAsi 1058 and PiLLai ThirumalaiNambi as sishya --- Nambi Thirumalai Periya from as dhAnam 64. RamanujaacceptsGovindhar(Embar) 1057/58 (Age40). of LordSrinivAsaatThirumala--- front in ofVedArthaSangraham 63. Creation 1057 (Age39). Thiruppathi---Kaarthigai Thirumalai Nambi)foranyearat Lower RamayaNam fromHisuncle(Periya Srimath of SookshmArthams 62. Learning Thirumala---1057 (Age39). not needtocreateanyasuddhiat 3 dayssohedoes for observes upavAsam StaysatTirumala, meets Ramanuja. hisuncle PeriyaNambi, Thiruppathy, and there; halfwaybetweenThirumala Embar - Maduramangalam Embar -Maduramangalam

nchi after visit to nchi after 10 as EmperumAnAr From hereonthecoverage isonRamanuja 1059 (Age41) AchAryan-- tohis to beclose Matam of Ramanuja's aresident becomes Ramanuja forhimand Matam createdby levels thewalls ofhis 68. AruLALaPerumAnArEmperumAnAr 41) recognize AzhwAn'sgreatness---1059(Age Banana plantand the from theleaf to cut had ,whenhe eyes AzhwAn's from flowing watchthetears SishyAs observe AzhwAn; to jealous sishyAs banana leafandasksthe tocutandbringa Ramanuja sendsAzhwAn ofRamanujarforAzhwAn; speical affection 67. SomeSishyAsgetjealousoverthe (Age40) EmbAr--1058 & becomes 66. GovindharacceptsSanyAsAsramam 40). --- 1058(Age be acceptedagainasaSishyabyRamanuja to andbegs returns Govindhar rejects him; Nambi Thirumalai back andPeriya him ;Ramanujasends Nambi Periya Thirumalai to wants toreturn Govindhar Thirumala, Sri Ramanujar and Vaishnava nambi andVaishnava SriRamanujar ParAsara andVyAsaby Ramanuja---1062 andnamingof them as for KurEsar PiLLai SrirAma Bhattar and 75. Thebirthof --1060(Age42) 74. ReturntoSrirangam 1060 (Age42). commence thewritingofSriBhAshyam--- to slOkma ofMangaLa Composition Saivites; by the earlier were removed Lord toaccepttheSankuandchakramthat rights claimedbySaivitesandaskingthe ThiruvEnkatam: rejectionofthe 73. Visitto (Age 42) introduce PaancharAthram--1060 priests to Ramanuja Matam;Resistancefromlocal of Establishment Visit: 72. Poori . future reference he hasretainedtheVruthtibyheartfor that KurEsarsays back; Vrutthi and takethe attack onthewayadhvaithis and Vrutthi BodhAyana declared winnerbyHer;Gains SaaradhA PeetaSaraswathi'ssannidhi, Kaashmir todefeatadhvaithisinfrontof onthe way to 71. VisittoDhwAraka sishyan asVaishNavaNambi. new nameshis came asasishyanand who on dhvayamtoPerumAl, UpadEsam Ramanujaperforms 70. AtKurungudi, few othersishyAs---1059(Age41) and a leaves onadhigwith KurEsar vijayam and toAkaLanganAttAzhwAn nirvAham parivAra and toMudaliyANDAn NirvAham temple toUrangAvilliDaasar, Koil 69. Ramanujaentruststheprotectionof

11 1074 (Age56). Jn~Ana puthran--- his and acceptshimas PiLLAn and nameshimasKuruhUrpirAn MuniVamsam NaaTa of the descendant as the hears aboutit,HecelebratesPiLLAn When Ramanuja ThirumAlirumchOlai. NammAzhwAr's Swamy was performingabhinayamfor signs thathisAchAryan correctly fromthe sees thisthruakeyholeandguesses in alock Paasuram 77. Ramanujaperformsabhinayamfora (Age 44) --1062 BhAshyam 76. CompletionofSri (Age 44). Ramanujar Hasthaaksharam Ramanujar Hasthaaksharam Sri NammAzhwAr SriNammAzhwAr

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sadagopan.org sadagopan.org in place of Ramanujar and accompanied by and in placeofRamanujar king's court ChOLA 82. KurEsargoestothe Naadu) ---1078(Age60) (Mel 81. RamanujarushesofftoKarnataka 1076 (Age60). -- forsafety Ramanuja toleaveSrirangam andrequests danger KurEsar senses KurEsar recommendsthatRamanujasign. that palmleaf.NaalUrAn,asishyanof Ramanujar's agreementthrusignatureon toget than Siva)andsendsamessenger greater (Thereisnogod parataram nAsthi” 80. Thefanatic “SivAth Saivakingwrites (6000 Padi)--1076(Age58). 79. PiLLAncompleteshiscommentary (Age56). PiLLAn --1074 ThiruvAimozhi knownas6000 Padi by composing thefirstcommentaryon of Ramanujaassignsthetask PiLLAn, by Paasuram Swamy NammAzhwAr's of blissful reaction 78. Delightedoverthe ThirunArAyana PerumAL ThirunArAyana 12 88. At Harthana Halli, Ramanujaisserved 88. AtHarthana (Age 60). lived ---1078 dampathis PirAtti KOngu KaTTaLaivAri HarthanaHalli,wherethe hills, downtothevillage atghOshti the foot of the andbrings ofcomforts with allkinds visitors 87. Thenewhuntershowersthe 1078 (Age60) Ramanuja toanotherhunter6milesaway--- of huntersentrust batch 86. Thefirst 60) His ---1078(Age back 45sishyAsof Melkote Koilandbring ghOshti and one of the Hunters togo to His of member 85. Ramnaujarasksone 60) ---1078 (Age GhOshti Ramanuja andservesHimAndthe Hunters welcomes 84. Thegroupof 1078 (Age60) days--- for 7 YadhuGiri at Melkote; Fasting 83. Ramanuja GhOshtitravelsontowards 1078 (Age60). eyes --- losetheir thekingand disagree with &PeriyaNambi Kuresar Periya Nambi; Melkote: Chandanabhishekam Melkote:Chandanabhishekam

dhigambhara (naked) Jain sanyAsisfrom dhigambhara the 94. AtThoNdanUr,Ramanuja defeats Puram). (ThirunArAyaNa Giri ofYadhu Ramanuja ontheVaibhavam templeandbriefs the localYogaNarasimha themin andhouses ThondanUr GhOshti to SaaLagrAmam to invite RaamAnuja at arrives Nambi 93. ThoNdanUr 1079 (Age61). --- 92. Vaduga Nambi becomesasishyan ---1079(Age 61). renamed SaaLagrAmam (Kovai) arewonindebatesandthevillageis ofMithilapuri 91. TheSmArthaadhvaithis Temple---1078 (Age60) atthe andstays Mithilapuri at arrives 90. RamanujaGhOshti (Age 60) andstaysfor3days---1078 Cauvery river of northernbanks Puram onthe RamanAtha of on tothevillage 89. Ramanujarcontinues husband. of ThiruvarangaDaasanonHer Naamam Daasya her residenceandconfersthe at days from4 stays PirAtti and by Kongu ThondanUr Lake ThondanUr 13 the village from Dukkha GarudanahaLLi the villagefromDukkha ) there and renames Lord (ThirunArAyaNan temple ofNaarAyaNaand consecratesthe 99. Ramanuja buildsthe brokendown 61). and findsitthere---1079(Age bankof KalyANiTheertham north western he dreamsthatthedesiredclayison about theunavailabilityofsacredclay; worry sleepswith 98.ThatnightRamanuja 61). PushkaraNi--- 1079(Age westerndirectionof KalyANi at theSouth PerumAL NaarAyaNa andfinds Yadhu Giri 3 daysandgoesto clay, Ramanujafastsfor 97. sacred ofthe Grieved over unavailability (Age 61). 1079 before RaamAnujaatThoNDanUr--- his wifetoprostrate DEvan) arriveswith Bitti (Former 96. KingVishNuVardhanan Baahu Sthavamthere---1079(Age61). Sundara andcomposes family with his 95. KurEsarreturnstoThirumAlirumchOlai (Age61). --1079 stones PushkaraNi fromthe ThirumalaasAgaram matamsandbuildthe Level their Jainleaders thedefeated behind acurtain; Thondanur Sri Ramanujar Sri Ramanujar Thondanur

sadagopan.org sadagopan.org 104. Visitors from Srirangam brief Ramanuja briefRamanuja Srirangam from 104. Visitors 71) . ---1089 (Age Prathishtai forPanchaNaarAyaNaatBelur ThirunArAyaNapuram; Heperforms Vaadhis andbuildsRaamAnujaMatamat MaayA 103. RamanuardefeatsSengAmi (Age 67). --1085 archa atThoNDanUr NaarAyana Lakshmi consecrates Ramanuja 102. -1083 (Age63) temple festivalsat the during Harijans (ThirukkualatthAr) special rightsto 101. Ramanujargives "---1081(Age63). PiLLai the Lord"Sella at DelhiandbringsHimback.Henames Him Puramtemple),finds ThirunArAyaNa Moorthyof Raama Priyar(uthsava back travelsnorthtobring 100. Ramanuja (Age62). to ThirunArAyaNapuram--1080 Sella piLLai Sella piLLai ThirunArAyaNa puram -- puram ThirunArAyaNa 14 ---1090 (Age72). at Srirangam his AchAryan an ThiurmAlirumchOlai from returns KurEsar 107. 72). (Age Srirangam---1090 andreturnsto as their behind ThirumEni Tamar uhantha Kaimkaryam.Heblessesthe and nirvAham at ThirunArAyaNapuram for Temple 52 sishyAstostay 106. Ramanujarappoints (Age 72). of KalyANitheertham---1090 the banks at toRamanuja from theking that request return toSrirangamandgives Ramanuja's from Raja Raja ChOzha raajA for theinvitation He bringsback to KurEsar. deliversthegreetings ThirumAlirumchOlai, 105. SiriyANDAn arrives at (Age72) ThirumAlirumchOlai --1090 well being ofKuResarat Maaruthi SiRiyANDantofindoutaboutthe AchAryan; RmamAnuja sends his disciple, Uthsavam (iyal SaaRRumuRai) forHIs andadhyayana ParipAlanam for SrichUrNa AchAryan, PeriyaNambi; asks Ramnauja His Padham Parama to on theascent “kalyaniteertham”

d prostrates before d prostratesbefore 112. Ramanuja consecratesthearchaof 112. Ramanuja (Age 73). Ramanuja, whotravelstoThirupathy---1091 to give thenews to arrives atSrirangam Thirumalai Nambi at Thirumala. Latter PiLLai done by rites 111. Thelast and Srirangam---1091(Age73) Thirunahari betweenAzhwAr side robbers was interruptedduetothefearfromroad that Uthsavam the Adhyayana and restarts and otherAzhwArs Swamy NammAzhwAr 110. Ramanujaconsecratesnewimageof accepts it--1090(Age72). andAchAryan to Ramanuja NirvAham Koil 109. RajaChOzhanhandsover 72). ---1090 (Age him house andcomforts KurEsar's at stops His anushtAnamsand 108. RamanujabathesinCauvery,performs Tamar uhantha ThirumEni Tamar uhanthaThirumEni 15 118. SathAbhishEkam (here 100th (here 118. SathAbhishEkam 1107 (Age90). Parama Padham--- 117. KurEsarascnedsto 1097 (Age80). NaRum Pzhil) in NaachiyAr Thirumozhi--- toANDAL' according VeNNai Vadisil and100vesselsof KurEsar present100vessels to of AkkAra with to ThirumAlirumchOlai 116. Viist 1095 (Age75). 150% --- by Sri BhAshyam 115. Expansionof 73). (Age Kaanchithereafter---1093 arriveat both and AchAryan his VaradarAja Sthavamto KurEsa, readsSri Ramnuja hearsitfrom dream. KurEsar's Varada appearsin VaradarAjaSthavam).Lord sthuthi (Sri KurEsar tocreatea 114. Raamanujarpresses Parama Padham---1092(Age74). to ascends Nambi 113. Thirukkacchi 73) (Age 1091 -- RaajaatThiruppathi Govindha Varadan & Sri Ramanujar Varadan &SriRamanujar s Paasuram (NaaRu s

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