![]() By tradition, only a Nambudiri can become the Rawal, Head Priest, at Badrinath Temple in Uttarakhand, and the Chief Priest at Mookambika in Kollur, Karnataka, and other Mahakshetras around India. Nambudiris have the sole right of conducting rituals in Kerala and the Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu. Performance of Vedic rituals such as Agnicayana and Agnistoma, long considered extinct in other parts of India, has been maintained by the Nambudiris. Nambudiris follow the conservative and ritualistic Śrauta traditions and the ancient Mimāṃsā, unlike the majority of other Brahmins in India, who follow the Vedanta. ![]() They perform rituals in temples of Kerala based on Tantra Vidhi, a complex and ancient branch of Tantric traditions found only in Kerala and some Mahakshetras ("Great Temples") around India that have a Nambudiri as head priest. ![]() The Nambudiri Brahmins ( Malayalam: നമ്പൂതിരി nampūtiri), also transliterated Namboothiri are Hindu Brahmins from the Indian state of Kerala.
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