War of naamams hits a new turf in TN

The form “U” or “Y” is no simple disjunctive choice in the history of ‘Vaishnavism’ in South India , like coffee or tea. These forms, as shorthand for the “Thiruman” or “Naamams” (in colloquial Tamil) the Vaishnavites’ sport on their foreheads, symbolising Lord Vishnu’s feet, continues to flag a doctrinal row, at times stormier than the deep sea on which Maha Vishnu himself reclines on a serpent bed.

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