Manavala Mamuni
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Swamy Manavala Mamuni is one of the most well known and significant acharyas of Ramanuja's Sri Vaishnava Tradition. Manavala Mamuni was the final acharya of a lineage that begins with the Supreme Being Sriman Narayana, passes through Acharyas such as Yamunacharya, Ramanuja and Pillai Lokacharya, and ends with Manavala Mamuni when Manavala Mamuni was accepted by the Lord of Srirangam, Sri Ranganatha, as His own acharya at Srirangam.
Manavala Mamuni is recognized for his tremendous contributions to the Sri vaishnava tradition, and most importantly for re-instituting the system of formal worship introduced by Ramanuja subsequent to destruction of important shrines and disruption of societal functionaing due to marauding muslim invaders, who laid to waste a number of important Sri Vaishnava temples in South India. He is also famous for his insightful commentaries on Pillai Lokacharya's rahasya granthas as well as his exposition on Azhagiya Manavalapperumal Nayanar's Acharya hrudayam, a seminal work that lays bare the essence of outpourings of the philosophy of Azhwars. He has a number of other important works to his credit, including upadesa rattinamalai, tirvaymozhi noorrandhadhi, arthi prabandham and yatiraja vimshathi.
