[Advaita-l] Any Vishnu temples run by smarthas?

[abhishek sm]

Also Badrinath is also consecrated by Adi Shankara and the temple
activities are carried out by smartha brahmins as far as i know.
Wikipedia too acknowledges this.

On 1/26/12, Kalyan K <kalyankc.81 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Sri Subramanyam,
>
>
>>I think we can cite the Guruvayurappan at Guruvayur, Kerala.  The worship
>>services are performed by Nambudiris who are not considered Vaishnavas as
>>far as I know.
>
>
> It is true that the nambudiris are not vaishnavas. But the nambudiri
> brahmins cannot exactly be treated as smartas either. They consider
> themselves as Srautas.
>
>>And what about Ayyappan Temple, Sabarimala?  The deity can be considered
>
>>'Vaishnava' though He is said to be Hari-Hara putran.
>
>
> The ayyappa temple cannot be considered as vaishnava or saiva. This is
> notwithstanding the UrdhvapuNDram.
>
>
> Regards
> Kalyan
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