Al-Ghazali vs Ramanuja
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Compare the life timelines of Al-Ghazali (1058–1111) and Ramanuja (1017–1137) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 53 years, from 1058 to 1111.
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Al-Ghazali (1058–1111)
- — Born in Tus, Khorasan Verified
- — Studied under al-Juwayni at the Nizamiyya of Nishapur Verified
- — Joined the court of the Seljuk vizier Nizam al-Mulk Verified
- — Appointed professor at the Nizamiyya madrasa of Baghdad Verified
- — Completed 'The Incoherence of the Philosophers' Verified
- — Spiritual crisis and departure from Baghdad Verified
- — Years of wandering and writing the 'Revival of the Religious Sciences' Verified
- — Returned to teaching at the Nizamiyya of Nishapur Verified
- — Died in Tus Verified
Ramanuja (1017–1137)
- — Born in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu Verified
- — Studied Vedanta under Yadava Prakasha in Kanchipuram
- — Renounced householder life and became a sannyasin
- — Became the leading acharya of the Ranganathaswamy temple at Srirangam
- — Fled Chola persecution and settled in Melkote in Hoysala territory
- — Composed the Sri Bhashya, his commentary on the Brahma Sutras Verified
- — Returned to Srirangam after years in exile
- — Died at Srirangam Verified