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Ramanuja grew up in the Tamil culture, in a stable society during the rule of the Chola dynasty.[32] This period was one of pluralistic beliefs, where Vaishnava, Shaiva, Smarta traditions, Buddhism and Jainism thrived together. In Hindu monastic tradition, Advaita Vedānta had been dominant,[12] and Ramanuja's guru Yādava Prākāsha belonged to this tradition.[24] Prior to Ramanuja, the Sri Vaishnava sampradaya was already an established organization under Yamunāchārya, and bhakti songs and devotional ideas already a part of Tamil culture because of the twelve Alvārs.[33] Ramanuja's fame grew because he was considered the first thinker in centuries that disputed Shankara's theories, and offered an alternative interpretation of Upanishadic scriptures.[32]
Sri Ramanujacharya is also said to have reinstated the idol of Govindaraja in Tirupati, which the Saivaite, Kulotthunga Chola, has initially thrown into the sea. Ramanujar was conferred with the title of Udayavar by Lord Nam Perumal himself. He then attained his Acharyan Thiruvadi (the lotus foot of his Acharya) in the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple. He was the chief priest of the temple for twenty-five years and made it his headquarters. His body is presently mummified and preserved there.
Both "Raamaanuja Ashtottarashata Naamaavali" song and "Raamaanuja AshtottaraShatanama Stotram" by Swami Vaduga Nambigal (Aandhrapuurna) are same and is available in both Mp3 & PDF in below link. There are more about Swami Ramanujar SriSookthikal as well in this link.
Ramanujar lived after Sankara. He realized that while the concept of nirgunabrahmam ('attributeless godhead') was useful for attaining intellectual clarity, it could not be a spontaneously felt experience for the common masses who constituted the majority in society. Therefore, he erected, as the pillars of the edifice that he himself built, the path of devotion (bhakti), which was the fit path for all people, and its ultimate end, prapatti (the philosophy of saranagati or surrender). It should not be forgotten that even Sankara, at a later stage, had felt the need to sing the Bhajagovindam song, emphasizing bhakti.
From a psychological viewpoint, the individual cannot exist without God. That is why, till today, no philosophy which does not acknowledge the existence of 'God has succeeded. Events which happen have to have meaning. That is why Einstein, the greatest scientist of this century, said, 'God does not play dice'. If we image God as the ultimate meaning of events, then the journey of life becomes interesting. Ramanujar said that when we realize this point fully, chit ('atman') and achit ('body') are both one with God; and when we feel such a state experientially, life becomes an enjoyable journey. Ramanujar imaged God as Bhuvanasundaran ('one who embodies the beauty of the world') because he regarded bhakti itself as a rasa. The aham songs of the Azhwars, conceived in the nayaka-nayaki bhava also reinforce the idea of bhakti as a rasa.
In the narratives of the Vaishnavite tradition, again, the Chola king has been the object of denunciation and has been portrayed as a religious fanatic. It is not clear, however, which Chola king this was. Ramanujar, who lived around a hundred and twenty years, must have seen the reign of five Chola kings,. When we look at historical documents, we can guess that it was perhaps Kulothunga I. but when we consider that he also bore the title of 'Sapta 'Vishnu Vardhanan', the question arises as to whether he could have been a Saivite fanatic.
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