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Ramanuja  

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  • The famous saint and philosopher Ramanuja, also known as Ramanujacharya, was born in India near Chennai at Perumbudur in 1017 CE and was the son of the Brahman Kesava Somayaji and Kantimath. Traditional accounts had given his lifespan as stretching to 120 years. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Religion; Ramanuja (ca. 1077–ca. 1157)]

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