Early the next morning Rāmānujācārya and his party left Astasahasra and set off for the city of Kānchīpuram. At noon they arrived there and went immediately to pay their obeisances to Lord Varadarāja. They met with the renowned Vaiṣṇava saint, Śrī Kānchīpurna, and joyfully passed three days in his association. They then travelled to the holy place known as Kapila

While Rāmānujācārya was teaching his disciples at Śrī Rangam, he frequently recalled the promise he had made before the body of Yamunacharya to present an authentic Vaiṣṇava commentary on the Vedanta-sutras, which would nullify the misleading mayavadi interpretations. One day, recalling his vow, he said to the assembly of disciples: "I have made a promise to Yamunacharya that I would

That evening Rāmānuja left the āśrama accompanied only by Dhanurdasa and walked with him the short distance to the outer gate of Lord Ranganātha's temple. Having passed through all of the outer gates, the two of them stood at last before the Deity of the Lord. At that time the āratī had just begun, and the priest was offering a

Kureśa was one of Rāmānuja's most intimate disciples, always absorbed in thought of how he could assist his guru in his preaching work. He came from a wealthy brāhmaṇa family of Kuragrahara, a small village near Kānchīpuram. As he was in fact the landowner of the whole area around the village of Kura, he came to be known as Kureśa,

Even if Rāmānuja would not agree to give up his worship of Lord Nārāyaṇa, the king felt that he would still be able to establish the supremacy of the worshippers of Lord Śiva by putting him to death. Accordingly, he sent messengers to Śrī Rangam to invite Rāmānuja, along with his guru, Mahāpūrṇa, to come to Kānchīpuram for an audience

A short time later Śrī Ranga dasa returned home and was also delighted to see so many Vaiṣṇava guests in his house, including the famous Rāmānujācārya. When the cooking was completed, the food was offered to Lord Viṣṇu, and then the prasādam was distributed to the devotees, who all ate very heartily. For two days they remained in the house

One night, a short time after the completion of the new temple, Śrī Yadavadri-pati appeared to Rāmānuja in a dream, saying: "Rāmānuja, I am very pleased with your service, but as My Vijaya-vigraha is not present here I am unable to leave the temple to bestow my blessings upon all of My devotees. Therefore, please endeavour to install this Deity,

When Rāmānujācārya, who was still residing in Yadavadri, came to hear about these wonderful benedictions that Kureśa had begged from Lord Varadarāja, he sent a message to his disciple in Kānchīpuram. In this he said: "My dear Kureśa, I am very glad to hear of the ecstasy you are feeling from delivering those who have wronged you. However, in this

Rāmānujācārya was now one hundred years old, and, though he lived for twenty years more, he never again left Śrī Rangam. For the remainder of his life Andhrapurna was engaged constantly in his personal service, supplying everything that his guru required. Once when Lord Ranganātha came out of the temple on procession, all the devotees left the āśrama to join