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http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/19/stories/2005041908260500.htm Yathiraja

Sampathkumara Ramanuja Jeeyar of the Melkote Yadugiri Yathiraja Mutt

MYSORE: The jeeyar of Melkote Yadugiri Yathiraja Mutt, Yathiraja

Sampathkumara Ramanuja Jeeyar (98), who passed away in Bangalore on

Friday, was a great scholar in temple architecture. The last rites of

the jeeyar were performed at Brindavana in Melkote the same night. The

jeeyar, who was ailing with medical complications associated with old

age, was living in the Yadugiri Yathiraja Mutt's Bangalore branch for

the last few months. A scholarly Yathiraja Samapathkumara Ramanuja

Jeeyar took sanyasa and became the head of the mutt in 1981. Residing

at Melkote, the revered jeeyar has contributed immensely to Kannada

literature. A polyglot, the nonagenarian jeeyar of one of the oldest

religious mutts had specialised in various areas such as geography,

mathematics and astronomy. His works include a detailed study of

history, inscriptions, tradition of various temples such as the

Ranganatha Swamy Temple of Sri Rangapatna, the Narayanaswami Temple

of Melkote, the temples at Tondanur, the Chennakeshava Temple of

Belur and the Sri Ranganatha Temple of Srirangam. The contributions

of Yathiraja Sampathkumara Ramanuja Jeeyar to Kannada literature has

been chronicled in "Melkote Through The Ages", brought out by the

Melkote Academy of Sanskrit Research. The historical significance of

the Yadugiri Yathiraja Mutt is its association with the 12th Century

saint-reformer, Sri Ramanujacharya. Yadugiri Yathiraja Mutt is the

only original mutt of Melkote which exists from the time of Sri

Ramanujacharya. It was started by the saint-reformer for services and

control of the temple of Sri Tirunarayana. According to legend, Sri

Ramanujacharya founded the mutt with the commands that he received

from his gurus, chiefly, Sri Alavandar (Yamunacharya).

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