Ramanujacharya

Chief exponent of the Vishishtadvaita school of Vedanta and a great social reformer. "if I can bring deliverance to so many, I don not mind being condemned to hell," he said, and spread his spiritual message to even the lowliest of classes of people. He established the Yatiraja Math and the Cheluvanarayanaswami temple at Melkote in Karnataka, and also renovated many ancient temples. He wrote many philosophical works and preached the oneness of mankind.