This photo essay is an attempt to probe these questions along three dimensions: a) the experience of visiting the installation, b) understanding the history of Ramanuja and Vaishnavism in South India, ...

CHENNAI: A 216-foot-high statue is being built by Jeeyar Educational Trust to commemorate the 1,000th birth anniversary of philosopher and saint Ramanuja in 2017. “It will be the world’s ...

“We cannot worship the 216-feet statue every day. So we are creating a temple with the idol for regular worship. It will be part of the complex with replicas of 108 temples,” says Ramanuja Jeeyar.

Ramanuja statue is encircled by the replicas of 108 sacred shrines across the country. The project costing over Rs 1,000 crore is built entirely with donations, organisers said. Telangana chief ...

This Ramanuja statue has been named 'Statue of Equality'. This idol of Vaishnava saint Bhagvat Ramanuja, who lived about a thousand years ago in the 11th century, is located in the Chinna Jiyar Trust.

HYDERABAD: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil the ‘Statue of Equality’ of Bhagavad Ramanuja in Muchintal village on the city outskirts on February 5, said Tridandi Chinna Jeeyar Swamy.

President Ram Nath Kovind will unveil the inner chamber's golden statue of Ramanuja, weighing 120 kg, on February 13. In his comments, the Chinna Jeeyar Swami, said: "We heartily welcome everyone ...

Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao visited Tridandi Chinna Jeeyar Swamy Ashram in Muchintal to inspect preparations ahead of the unveiling of the Statue of Equality (Ramanuja ...

A complex with 108 temples and a towering 216-feet-high sitting statue of 10th century Bhakti saint Ramanuja is taking shape on the outskirts of Hyderabad. Called the Statue of Equality as a ...

The inauguration of the Statue of Equality is a part of the 12-day Sri Ramanuja Sahasrabdi Samaroham, the ongoing 1000th birth anniversary celebrations of Sri Ramanujacharya.