Madhya 9.82

Sri Vyeṅkata Bhatta was a Vaisnava brahmana and an inhabitant of Sri Raṅga-ksetra. He belonged to the disciplic succession of Sri Ramanujacarya. Sri Raṅga is one of the places of pilgrimage in the province of Tamila-desa. The inhabitants of that province do not retain the name Vyeṅkata. It is therefore supposed that Vyeṅkata Bhatta did not belong to that province, although he may have been residing there for a very long time. Vyeṅkata Bhatta was in a branch of the Ramanuja-sampradaya known as Badagala-i. He had a brother in the Ramanuja-sampradaya known as Sripada Prabodhananda Sarasvati. The son of Vyeṅkata Bhatta was later known in the Gaudiya-sampradaya as Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, and he established the Radharamana temple in Vrndavana. More information about him may be found in a book known as Bhakti-ratnakara (1.100) by Narahari Cakravarti.