[Advaita-l] शिष्टाचारः on keeping moustache (श्मश्रु)

[Venkata sriram P]

Namaste,

The famous nyAya & vedAnta scholar Mahamahopadhyaya 'shastraratnakara' Brahmasri Devadatta Govinda Patil Ji sports
shikha and smashru.  

Here are couple of photos:

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https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2360729227323527&set=pcb.2360729407323509&type=3&theater

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He studied under Shri Mani Dravida Sastrigal and well known scholar across India.  Strangely, he has only moustache.

Several years back, I remember a swamiji saying that a brAhmaNa who sports moustache cannot perform Achamana as it 
is rAjasika lakSaNa.

rgs,
sriram