'Ramanujar' is a play that addresses various socio-cultural and religious concerns in medieval South India, and issues that have contemporary significance. The lives of saints and enlightened persons have perennial value; not necessarily for adulation but to realize how demanding and yet positive such lives can be. ''Indira Parthasarathy's 'Ramanujar' is a wonderful achievement and is now a part of Yatiraja's tradition.'' --- Francis X. Clooney, Parkman Professor of Divinity and Professor of Comparative Theology, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University.