The Guru Parampara
The parampara begins with Sriman Narayana and Periya Pirattiyar, comes to us through Vishvaksenar and Swami Nammalwar, and continues through the acharyas below.
Nathamunigal
The first acharya of the Guru Parampara, who recovered the four thousand pasurams of the Alwars and gave them back to the world.
Uyyakkondar
Nathamunigal's disciple, who chose to share the Lord with a suffering world rather than enjoy Him alone in yoga.
Manakkal Nambi
The patient acharya who won young King Yamunacharya back to the Lord with a humble daily gift of greens.
Alavandar
Nathamunigal's grandson, a king who gave up his throne for Sri Ranganatha and prepared the way for Sri Ramanuja.
Periya Nambi
Alavandar's disciple, who gave Sri Ramanuja pancha samskaram under the magizha tree at Madhurantakam.
Sri Ramanuja
Emperumanar, who wrote the Sri Bhashyam and opened the sampradaya's saving teaching to everyone who wished to be saved.
Embar
Sri Ramanuja's cousin, who saved his life, came back to the Lord, and raised Parasara Bhattar.
Parasara Bhattar
Kurathalwan's son, raised as Sri Ranganatha's own child, whose grace drew Nanjeeyar into the sampradaya.
Nanjeeyar
The great scholar whom Bhattar won for the sampradaya, who wrote the Nine Thousand Padi on Thiruvaymozhi.
Nampillai
Whose lectures on Thiruvaymozhi at Srirangam became the Eedu, the sampradaya's most loved commentary.
Vadakku Thiruveedhi Pillai
Nampillai's disciple, who wrote down his acharya's lectures night after night and so gave us the Eedu.
Pillai Lokacharya
Who set out the sampradaya's teaching on surrender in eighteen clear works, and gave his last years to protecting Namperumal.
Thiruvaymozhi Pillai
Who restored Alwar Thirunagari, gave his life to Thiruvaymozhi, and taught Manavala Mamunigal.
Manavala Mamunigal
The acharya with whom the Guru Parampara is complete, whom Namperumal Himself accepted as His own acharya.