INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -He provided an intellectual basis for the practice of bhakti (devotional worship) in three major commentaries: the Vedartha-samgraha (on the Vedas, the earliest scriptures of Hinduism), the Shri-bhashya (on the Brahma-sutras), and the Bhagavadgita-bhashya (on the Bhagavadgita).

Detailed explanation-2: -He revived the Bhakti movement, and his preachings inspired other Bhakti schools of thought. He is considered to be the inspiration for poets like Annamacharya, Bhakta Ramdas, Thyagaraja, Kabir, and Meerabai. He is famous as the chief proponent of Vishishtadvaita subschool of Vedānta.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the twelfth century, Ramanuja, who was born at Sriperumbudur near modern Chennai, preached Visishtadvaita.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ramanujacharya is believed to have been born in a little town named Sriperumbudur, somewhere near Chennai, to Keshava Diskshit and Kantimathi.