Mudaliyandan

Who is Mudaliyandan?

Swami Mudaliyandan was a Hindu Vaishnava religious figure who lived in the 11th century CE.

Swami Mudaliyandan was a relative, disciple and associate of Sri Ramanuja, the codifier of the philosophy of Srivaishnavism.

Swami Mudaliyandan was born in 1027 CE at Pachhai Vaarana Perumal Sannidhi in Thondai mandalam, in the state of Tamil Nadu in South India. His parents were Vaadhoola Kula Thilaka Sri Anantha Naarayana Dikshithar and Nachiyaramman. Daasarathi, as he was named, was Ramanuja's Priya Bhagineya in the parlance of the age. Born to his service, and known as "Yathiraaja Paaduka", he enjoyed a special relationship with Emberummanaar all his life.

Having begun his learning with his father, Daasarathi would go on to become, with Koorathaazhvaan, a pillar of support to Emberumaanar, acclaimed by him as being identical to his thridandam - his staff off office as a sanyasi. However, Emberumaanar kept him busy in many ways, as he was a capable executive and administrator. He was later to be known as "Sriranganaatha Divyaalaya Nirvahana Dhurandhara" - the genius who organized, under Emberumanaars tutelage, the administration of the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple.