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सीतानाथ समारम्भां रामानन्दार्य मध्यमाम्।
अस्मदाचार्य पर्यन्तां वन्दे श्रीगुरू परम्पराम् ।।

Śrī Sampradaya is one of the four religious communities of the Vaishnavas that form the crux of the Hindu religion. It is a Vedic evidences that it was born with the consent of Śrī Rām and Śrimati Sītā Maharani.

In this community, the word Śrī has been used; which is normally prefixed for Sri Devi i.e. Śrī Sita Devi.

श्रीश्च ते लक्ष्मीश्च पत्नयावहोरात्रे

Shukla-Yajurveda 31/22 says:

"O' Paratpar Purusa (Rama),

Ramanujacarya was born in India during the year 1017 A.D. His parents were Asuri Keshava and Kantimati, both from aristocratic families.

Ramanuja was a great acarya in the Sri Sampradaya.

Prior to Ramanuja, the Sri Sampradaya was already an established organisation under Yamunacharya, and bhakti songs and devotional ideas already a part of south Indian culture because of the twelve Alvars (great saints).

Ramanuja’s fame grew because he was considered the first thinker in centuries that disputed