tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893856948746334410.post2806572355751123731..comments2024-03-26T04:14:50.158-07:00Comments on Raja thatha's blogs: The Smarthas with Vaishnavite marks among Kerala iyersRaja Thathahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09656365715443764793noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893856948746334410.post-88792900859315117552016-03-06T06:16:55.896-08:002016-03-06T06:16:55.896-08:00+P.R. Ramachander Thanks for this question. I am a...+P.R. Ramachander Thanks for this question. I am a no expert in this field, but I belong to both Thirunellai (paternal) and Pallipuram (maternal) villages. Its not only in namam that we differ, we invoke vishnu instead of "mamopartha" in sandhyavandhanam and all sankalpams. Both my grandfathers were vadhyars. <br /><br />Regarding azhvar, they are called to do "dwaja arohanam", "avarohanam" in ratholsavam and certain pujas only. <br /><br />What I could assume is that there were two or more separate inflow from tamilnadu. my grandfathers would say we came from srirangam. my theory is that initially the vaishnavites came from tamilnadu, who settled in thirunellai/pallipuram. then in a separate movement later smarthas came in larger number and settled in other 16 villages of palakkad town (more villages in district).<br /><br />why i believe that vaishanavites came first is because of the lower number of villages which exist, and for them to have survived the bigger number of smarthas whom could have came later. <br /><br />However there is a popular belief that tamil brahmins were called by the ruling kings for various priesthood duties. i am not buying this argument mainly because of the big number of settlements, and the way in which there are separate temples built in agraharams instead of existing temples.Anantha Narayananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01235733287809115092noreply@blogger.com