Something extraordinary is happening in Hyderabad. A giant statue of Saint Shri Ramanujacharya who propounded the Visishtadvaita philosophy has been set up. Today the Prime Minister of India, Shri @narendramodi ji will do Lokaarpanam.

A short thread on what it might signify. 🙏

The statue and complex around it looks damn impressive! It has miniature shrines to all the Divyadesams. Veda Patashalas, Yagashalas, Gaushalas and so forth.

Certainly a huge huge commendable feat achieved!

🙏😀🙏😀

I am not going into the biographical details of the Saint. They are well known and readily available. What is more important is Telugus reclaiming him. Yes, he was of Telugu ancestry in his Poorvashramam. His Inti peru was Aasuri. His father was Keshava Somayajulu. 🙏😀

The person behind this huge project is Sri Tridandi Chinna Jeeyar Swamy, easily the most popular spiritual leaders in the Telugu lands today.

You might like him or not, like his philosophy or politics or not, but he has been working for Dharma significantly in the Telugu states.

Even Jeeyar Swamy's biographical details are well known. Including the huge controversy when he decided to travel overseas! They accused him of breaking Sampradayam, polluting it. Etc etc.

But his way of functioning and his reasoning of his travels seems perfectly fine!