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Mains Paper 1: Arts & Culture | All syllabus
From UPSC perspective, following things are important:
Prelims level: What are Agamas?
Mains level: Article gives important points how Ramanuja revive Hinduism using Agama Traditions. It is a probable topic for Mains.

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The article is about Ramanuja, the great Vaishnava theologian who reinvented and revitalised HinduismAnd Martin Luther’s triggering of the Protestant Reformation which fundamentally reshaped Christianity

This year marks the 1,000th birth anniversary of Ramanuja and the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s
Ramanuja’s role in Srirangam Mutt
When he became head of the Srirangam Mutt, Ramanuja inherited a theological tradition that had championed the Pancaratra Agamas

What are Agamas?
The Agamas sanctioned image worship and inclusive temple-based rituals that women and lower caste believers could participate in Other things done by Ramanuja
He organised the daily pujas and annual festival cycle at the Srirangam
Ranganatha temple in line with Agamic norms
This broadened the temple’s constituency to include rising peasant castes and women
Ramanuja profoundly reinvented Hinduism in response to societal conditions of the 11th century

What was the Lutheran revolution?  
The Lutheran revolution was the idea that Christians should themselves read the Bible rather than have it presented to them by their priests