![]() ![]() He entered grihasthashrama (married life) at the age of 16 years and soon after, his father reached the lotus feet of Lord Narayana. He learnt the Vedas, Vedanta and the Divya Prabandam from his father. The young manavalan had his basic education under his father and maternal grandfather. His parents named him Azhagiya Manavala Perumal Nayanar (beautiful groom) after Lord Ranganathan of Srirangam. Swami Manavala Mamunigal’s father was the son-in-law and also a disciple of Kollikavala dasar, a junior disciple of Swami Pillai Lokacharya. Swami Manavala Mamunigal was born in 1370, under the asterism of moolam, in the month of aippasi at Azhwar Thirunagari in Tamil Nadu, to ‘Tigazhaakkidanthan Tirunaveerudaiya piran dasar annar’ and ‘Sriranga Nacchiyar’. Year Saadarana Naama Samavatsaram 1370 AD.Birth Place Alwar Thirunagari (Near Thirunelveli). ![]() It is believed that Manavala Mamuni was accepted by the Lord of Srirangam, Sri Ranganatha, as His own acharya at Srirangam. Followers of the Thenkalai sect of Sri Vaishnavism believe that Manavala Mamuni was the final acharya of a lineage that begins with the Supreme Being Sriman Narayana, passes through Acharyas such as Yamunacharya, Ramanuja, Embar, Pillai Lokacharya and ends with Manavala Mamuni. Manavala Mamunigal is one of the most well known and significant acharyas of Ramanuja's Sri Vaishnava Tradition-southern sect. But over these and several other distinctions, the most outstanding is that the Lord showed here the ideal Acharya in the person of Swamy Manavala Mamuni. It is the root of all 108 dhivya kshetras. It is the only dhivyakshetram sung by all ten azhwars and Andal. Srirangam in southern India is a celebrated pilgrimage centre. Swami Manavala Mamuni the most venerated saint 10 Deep and permanent influence over day-to-day religious observances. ![]()
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