Embar

"KNOW THIS ACHARYA"
EMBAR
- Anbil Ramaswamy
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was a cousin of RAmAnuja. His earlier name was GOvinda. He studied
under YAdhavaprakAsa along with RAmAnuja. It is he who rescued
RAmAnuja from the plot, the Guru YadhavaprakAsa hatched to kill
RAmAnuja. Subsequently, as he was taking bath in a river, a Sivalinga
(an icon in the phallic form of Siva) mysteriously landed on his
palm. He became a Saivite for a while. Later, on the advice of his
uncle, Tirumalai Nambi and RAmAnuja he returned to Vaishnavam and
closely followed RAmAnuja in all his itineraries assuming the name
of 'EmbAr'.