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Ramanuja. The Iyengar community traces its philosophical origins to Nathamuni, the first Sri Vaishnava acharya, [6] who lived around 900 CE. He is traditionally believed to have collected the 4,000 works of Nammalvar and other alvars, [7] the poet-saints of Southern India who were intensely devoted to Vishnu on both an emotional and intellectual plane. [8]
B.K.S. Iyengar was born into a poor Sri Vaishnava Iyengar family [10] in Bellur, Kolar district, [11] Karnataka, India.He was the 11th of 13 children (10 of whom survived) born to Sri Krishnamachar, a school teacher, and Sheshamma. [12]
The main events of an Iyer marriage include Vratam (fasting), Kasi Yatra (pilgrimage to Kasi), Oonjal (Swing), Kanyadanam (placing the bride in the groom's care), Mangalyadharanam, Pānigrahanam and Saptapathi (or seven steps - the final and most important stage wherein the bride takes seven steps supported by the groom's palms thereby ...
After marriage, she lived in Bangalore until 1940, in a joint family, and then moved with the family to Mysore, where she remained permanently. She had five sons—Ramaswamy (born 1934), Srinivas (1938), Rangaraj (1940), Krishnamurthy (1942) and Prakash (1944)--and two daughters: Rathna (wife of K. K. Srinivasan ; 1936) and Lavanya born in 1950.
B. K. S. Iyengar (1918 - 2014) - Founder of Iyengar Yoga; Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (1888 - 1989) - Yoga teacher, often referred to as the "Father of modern Yoga" Padmabhushan Krishna Srinivas, POET, Founder of World Poetry Society and World Congress of Poets. Indira Parthasarathy (b 1930) - writer, playwright, scholar
Vadama, meaning "Northerners", are a sub-sect of the Iyer community of Tamil Brahmins.While some believe that their name is an indication of the fact that they were the most recent Brahmin migrants to the Tamil country others interpret the usage of the term "Vadama" as a reference to their strict adherence to the Sanskrit language and Vedic rituals which are of northerly origin.
Masti Venkatesha Iyengar (6 June 1891 – 6 June 1986) was a well-known writer in Kannada language. He was the fourth among Kannada writers to be honored with the Jnanpith Award, [1] the highest literary honor conferred in India. [2] He was popularly referred to as Maasti Kannadada Aasti which means "Maasti, Kannada's Treasure". He is most ...
Menaka Suresh, (born Padmavathi Iyengar) known mononymously as Menaka, is an Indian actress and film producer. [1] She made her debut in the 1980 Tamil film Ramayi Vayasukku Vanthutta . In an acting career spanning from 1980 to 1987, Menaka appeared in over 125 films as a heroine, mostly in Malayalam .
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