Namadhari

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Namadhari is a term used for people of all castes who follow Sri Vaishnava tradition, sport vermillion nama (a vertical mark) on their foreheads and consider Sri Ramanujacharya as their guru.{{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}} There are a number of different Namadhari castes like Namadhari Naik in Uttara Kannada, Udupi and Dakshina Kannada Districts, Namdhari Vokkaligas in Malenadu, Namadhari Nagarthas in southern Karnataka and northern Tamil Nadu.{{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}} and Namadhari Dasari in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana.{{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}}