# Namadhari

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'''Namadhari''' is a term used for people of all [castes](/source/castes) who follow [Sri Vaishnava](/source/Sri_Vaishnava) tradition, sport vermillion nama (a vertical mark) on their foreheads and consider [Sri Ramanujacharya](/source/Sri_Ramanujacharya) as their [guru](/source/guru).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kamat |first1=Suryanatha |title=Karnataka State Gazetteers: Kodagu District |date=1993 |publisher=Office of the Chief Editor, Karnataka Gazetteer |pages=154 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QVVuAAAAMAAJ&q=ramanuja+Namadhari}}</ref> There are a number of different Namadhari castes like [Namadhari Naik](/source/Namadhari_Naik) in [Uttara Kannada](/source/Uttara_Kannada), [Udupi](/source/Udupi) and [Dakshina Kannada](/source/Dakshina_Kannada) Districts, [Namdhari Vokkaligas](/source/Vokkaliga) in [Malenadu](/source/Malenadu), Namadhari [Nagarthas](/source/Nagarthas) in southern [Karnataka](/source/Karnataka) and northern [Tamil Nadu](/source/Tamil_Nadu).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Iyer |first1=LK |title=The Mysore, Tribes and Castes |date=1928 |publisher=Mittal Publications |isbn=9780836425352 |pages=403 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rxPqK_e71W8C&q=Vaishnavas%20or}}</ref> and Namadhari [Dasari](/source/Dasari_(caste)) in [Andhra Pradesh](/source/Andhra_Pradesh), [Karnataka](/source/Karnataka) and [Telangana](/source/Telangana).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Singh |first1=Kumar Suresh |title=People of India: Karnataka |date=1992 |publisher=Anthropological Survey of India |page=415 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vxMwAQAAIAAJ&dq=namadhari&pg=PA415}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [Ramanujacharya](/source/Ramanujacharya)
* [Sri Vaishnava](/source/Sri_Vaishnava)

==References==
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