Ashtottara Shatanamavali / Book / Story

http://www.srihayagrivan.org/ebooks/033_hasn.pdfIn the Sri Vaishnavite tradition, Swami Sri Vedanta Desika (born in 1317 A.D. in Thoopul near Kanchipuram) is considered to be the incarnation of the ghanta (bell) of the Lord of the Seven Hills, The Tirupati. He was a child prodigy who had risen to the status of "Acharya" at the age of 27. On initiation into the realm of the Garuda mantra, among his all Stotra, Swami Desikan went to Thiruvahindrapuram and began chanting. Pleased with his devotion, Garuda initiated him into the Hayagriva Mantra