Every year in the Tamil month of Purattasi (September 15 - October 15) on the star of Sravanam, the Birth Anniversary of Vaishnavite Guru named Sri Vedanta Desikan is being celebrated. He is said to be an incarnation of the Divine Bell of Lord of Tirumala. He was born in 13th AD to Ananta Suri and Thotharambal, in Thooppul near Kanchipuram. His early education started under the tutelage of his father and further he acquired a vast knowledge in Sanskrit, Tamil and Vaishnavism from his maternal uncle Sri Atreya Ramanuja. Being an ardent devotee of Sri Ramanuja, Sri Vedanta Desika has penned many treatises to promote and propagate the Visishtadvaita philosophy of Sri Ramanuja.
A work titled Paduka Sahasram with thousand and odd slokas was completed by him over a night. This work earned him the title “Kavi Taarkika Simha”. He has written many different forms of literature in Sanskrit, Prakrutam as well as in Tamil. His unique style is composing in Manipravala (combination of Sanskrit and Tamil language).
His statues are consecrated
in many Vaishnavite temples throughout India.
He is considered next to Sri Ramanuja.
Thirumala, Tirupathi, Kanchi, Tiruvahindirapuram near Pondichery, Srirangam,
Sathyakaala near Melkote, Badrinath are the famous temples where he is being
worshipped.
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