Today, at the conclusion
of the Ramanuja Jayanti celebrations at Sriperumbudur, my book ‘Rāmānuja
Itihāsa’ was published by our Acharya-s. After seeking the blessings of Srimad
Ramanuja, the book was published at Koyil Kandhadai Appan Swamy Thirumaaligai by
five Acharyas of Ramanuja Sampradaya.
This book is of immense importance
for having solved two historical mysteries in Ramanuja’s life that have far
reaching implications for our understanding of the history of the medieval
Cholas and the unrecorded earliest incursion of Islamic iconoclasts into
southern India in the 11th century CE after the death of Mahmud of Ghazni.
In the course of finding
out the answers for two questions - on who persecuted him and who looted the
deity of Melukote - the book explores Ramanuja's journey from Srirangam to back
to Srirangam in the course of which later day history is also revealed - of the
destruction spree of Tipu Sultan on the temples and monuments associated with Ramanuja
when he came to know that the martyrdom of the Ghazi who looted the deity of
Melukote was made wasteful by Ramanuja by having successfully restored the
looted property. Ramanuja was perhaps the one and only
person in the entire history of struggle against the Muslim invaders in having
reclaimed the stolen property without any violence or bloodshed.
The book further brings
to the fore the identity of the Chola King who had thrown out the Main Murti of
Lord Govindaraja of Chidambaram into the sea. Ramanuja managed to protect the
processional murti of Govindaraja by installing the deity at Tirupati.
Supported by multiple
evidences and photographs from a field trip on the trail of Ramanuja, this book
is an intellectual feast to both history enthusiasts and the disciples of Ramanuja.
Chapter-wise content of
the book can be read here: https://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2022/04/chapter-wise-content-of-my-new-book.html
For print copy of this
book, write to jayasreebooks@gmail.com
The eBook is free for Kindle
subscribers. The Kindle version is available in the following links.
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4 comments:
Super. Very nice one. Vazhgha valamudan
How can we get the book in print?
Please drop an email to jayasreebooks@gmailcom with your shipping address and contact number and the book you wish to purchase. You will be guided on how to purchase it.
Can you please write an article of how or why animal products like Shankh, Fur, and many other items are used in the worship of deities? How is it justified by our vedas?
I really appreciate all the articles you have published so far. They are very instrumental in explaining the topics to our kids with right sources. Thanks for all the work
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