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Vishvaksena Did you know that Vishvaksena, the Vaikunta Senaanee, the commander-in-chief of the army of the God Vishnu, serving as the gate-keeper and chamberlain of his celestial abode, bestowed Tridanda. automatically on saint Ramanujacharya? Vishvaksena, son of Varuna (Vedic deity of Oceans), as a celestial Being, occupies an important place in Vaikhanasa and Pancharatra temple traditions of Sriviashnavites and Vaikhanasas, and is a mandatory deity in all their Vishnu temples depicted as the Vaikunta Senaanee, the commander-in-chief of the army of the God Vishnu, serving as the gate-keeper and chamberlain of his celestial abode Vaikunta. Though not directly mentioned in the Vedas and Dharma sashtra texts, however, there is plethora of references to Vishvaksena's lore and importance in Puranas, Tantras and in the Agamasashtra dictums of Vaikhanasa and Pancharatra tradtions of worship practiced in the Srivishnava temples dedicated to Lord Vishnu. He is the all-conqu...