Namadhari

Namadhari is a term used for people of all castes who follow Sri Vaishnava tradition, sport vermillion nama (a veritcal mark) on their foreheads and consider Sri Ramanujacharya as their guru.^[1] 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.^[2] and Namadhari Dasari in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana.^[3]

Namadhari
Religions	Hinduism
Country	India
Populated states	Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Telangana
Region	South India
Endogamous	Yes

See also

• Ramanujacharya
• Sri Vaishnava