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1. Sri Ramanuja is supposed to have set up 74 matha's or simhasnapatis for the

propagation of Srivaishnava philosophy . Could anyone tell me where I can find

the list of the above ?

 

2. Is there a comprehensive list of Sri Vaishnava temples of south India

available ?

with names addresses , state by state and district by district

classifications with brief notes on the temples and how to get there ?

if not I wish some of the Sri V organisations would collect such information

perhaps from the HR & CE dept and publish it .

One Sri SK . Ramachandra Rao has authored a book on the complete list of

temples in karnataka , The book has been very useful to me in seeking out old

Sri V

temples and visiting them .In most of the the hoysala temples the beauty and

grace of the moolavar capitvates me .

 

3. It also occured to me that considering that Sri Vaishnavas are a vanishing

tribe some initiative could be taken to prepare a directory of Srivaishnavas .It

appears to me that practising Sri Vaishnava's ( ie those who who follow at least

minimum traditions at birth , Upanayanam , Marrirage etc plus minimum customs

like vegetarianism and even simple puja )

are a reducing tribe and will reduce to a few tens of thousands in the next 30

years , considering the pace of emigration and loss of cultural identity within

2 generations and also westernisation of India .

a directory may come in useful in many ways to keep a reducing community in

touch with each other .

 

Bharath.