Prof G Rangarajan

The author was born in 1944 in Srirangam, the foremost among 108 sacred shrines of Vaishnavites and hailed as paradise on earth. After his first 20 years spent in this town and Tiruchirappalli, he went to the Indian Institute of Science to carry out research in Physics for a PhD. After getting this degree, he spent about a decade in Oxford and Berlin before joining IIT Madras as an assistant professor of Physics in 1977. He became a professor of Physics there in 1984 and served as the head of the Department of Physics during 1994–97. He was the chairman of the Joint Entrance Examination for Read More...


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Footprints In the Sands of Time

Books by Prof G. Rangarajan

The book has 6 chapters dealing with Ramanuja's birth in 1017 AD in Sriperumputhoor near Kancheepuram in Tamilnadu, his early years, his arrival in Srirangam, his multifaceted and ceaseless activity to streamline the affairs and worship of the Srirangam temple, his authoring of Sreebhashyam, a commentary to the Brahma Sutra of Sage Vyasa, his enunciation of the Visishtadvaitha School of Philosophy, his pilgrimage all over India, his flight to Tirunarayanapuram

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A Chronicle Of Srirangam During The Last Millennium

Books by Prof G Rangarajan

Are you from Srirangam, the famous temple town in Tamilnadu?

Or, do you know anyone from there?

Or, have you heard its name and know what kind of a place it is?

Here is something that would interest all of you- and even those who have not heard of Srirangam at all:

It has been called ‘heaven on earth’ and is the first among the 108 sacred centres of vaishnavism.. It is an international heritage site, acknowledged by the UNESCO, wh

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