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'''Kanchipurna''' was a twelfth century [[Vaishnavite]] acharya and one of the early teachers of [[Ramanuja]].<br />
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==Life==<br />
When [[Ramanuja]] and his guru [[Yadava Prakaasa]] parted ways due to their differences in interpreting the [[Vedas|Vedic literature]], Ramanuja became a devotee of the [[Varadharaja Perumal Temple, Kanchipuram|Varadaraja Perumal temple]] in Kanchi. It was during his time here that he met Kanchipurna, a fellow devotee.<ref name=Latha >{{cite book|title=Sri Ramanuja Pictorial|author=Smt. Latha Balasubramanian|publisher=Sri Ramakrishna Math}}</ref> Ramanuja met with Kanchipurna regularly and soon Ramanuja decided that he would become Kanchipurna's disciple. When he approached Kanchipurna about this, Kanchipurna politely refused as he did not belong to the same caste as Ramanuja and was lower in the social ladder when compared to Ramanuja.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Complete Works of Swami Ramakrishnananda, Volume 2|author=Compilation|publisher=Lulu Press, Inc, 2014}}</ref> After this Kanchipurna left for [[Tirupati]] to worship Lord Venkateswara and would return only after six months. When he finally came back, it was through him that Lord Varadaraja conveyed his wish to Ramanuja. Accordingly Kanchipurna advised Ramanuja that it was the Lord's wish that he leave for [[Srirangam]] and find solace in Sri [[Mahapurna]], another Vaishnavite acharya.<ref name=Latha/><ref>{{cite book|title=Sri Ramanuja, Makers of Indian literature|author=Madabhushini Narasimhacharya|publisher=Sahitya Akademi, 2004|page=21}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Backward-caste Hindu Saints]]<br />
*[[Hindu reform movements]]<br />
*[[Vaishnavism]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.dlshq.org/saints/ramanuja.htm Ramanuja and Kanchipurna]<br />
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[[Category:Medieval Hindu religious leaders]]<br />
[[Category:12th-century Indian philosophers]]<br />
[[Category:11th-century Indian philosophers]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Hindu spiritual teachers]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Vaishnavites]]<br />
[[Category:Sri Vaishnava religious leaders]]<br />
[[Category:People from Kanchipuram district]]<br />
[[Category:Vedanta]]<br />
[[Category:Vaishnava saints]]<br />
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