--- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "s_a_narasimhan" <narasimhan_sa@xxxx> wrote: > > adiyen's humble pranams, > > > > My colleague and friend who belongs to Ahobila Mutt Sampradayam never > applied the Srivaishnava mark years back. > On way back from office he started visiting SriParthasarathy temple > along with me. Slowly he started to adorn the Red Srichurnam at my > house and then go to SriParthasarathy temple along with me. Suddenly, > a year or so back he started using the Yellow Srichurnam. When I > asked him the sudden change, he told me that this was under the > advice of elders. Though initially he could not explain the reason, > finally he admitted that this was to distinguish!!! I persisted and > then he told me that all including Bhagavatas also use the red, hence > nowadays we have been told to shift to Yellow only!!! Dear Sriman Narasimhan, How are we different from Bhagavatas? Can we be called non-Bhagvatas? Then what r we? Certainly we are not mAhESwaras (worshippers of Siva)! Dasan Vishnu > > Yet during recent Samprokshanam of a Divya Desam in Nangur, I saw a > Bhagavata - a millionaire from Coimbatore - with Vadagalai Thiruman > and Yellow Srichurnam. > >.
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