The Sattada Srivaisnavas.

From: The Journal of the American Oriental Society | Date: January 1, 1994| Author: Lester, Robert C. | Copyright information

The Sattada Srivaisnavas are a distinctive, though little-known, community of Tenkalai Srivaisnavas, spread throughout Tamilnadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, dedicated to temple service. The Sattadas have a long history, perhaps from the time of Ramanuja (11th c.), and guru-lineages and a literature dating from, at least, the fifteenth century. The evidence strongly suggests that they are descendents of both brahmins and non-brahmins who followed the anticaste Alvar/Bhagavata Vaisnavism for...

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