Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala – Under
Ramanuja
Sri Ramanuja is said to have been born in the year AD
1017. According to tradition, he lived for about 120 years. Sri Ramanuja
visited Tirumala once or twice during the early years of the 12th century
AD. The work Sri "Venkatachala lthihasa Mala" mentions of certain arrangements
made by him for the Lord's worship in the temple. Ramanuja ensured that his
regulations were carried out by appointing an Ekangi (Bachelor) to look after
the temple administration.
It is said that the Ekangi was given the yellow robes of
a sanyasi along with the image of Sri Rama, a seal with the mark of Hanuman for
sealing the Lords treasury, and lock and key to pack up the lord's temple at
night. Even up to the time of Ramanuja, the famous Vaishnava Scholar of
12'" century, the identity of the deity was still disputed until Ramanuja
confirmed it to be Vishnu.
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