Bhattathiri

Bhattathiri

Bhattathiri are members of the Namboothiri caste of Kerala.Some families among the Namboothiri community became Bhattathiris in one of the following three ways:
# Saasthra Bhattathiris (Meemaamsa Bhattathiris)
# Smaartha Bhattathiris
# Bhaagavatha Bhattathiri

External links

* [http://www.namboothiri.com/articles/bhattathiris.htm About Bhattadiris]

There is another school of thought that original Bhatta Brahmins were the followers of Prabhakara Bhatta who was the contemporary of Aadi Sankaracharya and student of Kumarilla Bhatta who established school for spreading Poorva Meemamsa philosophy in Cheranadu. It is an accepted fact that all Brahmins in Kerala did not belong to Nambuthiri community alone and did not come at one time. Brahmins from different places must have come to Kerala at various periods as per the requirements of the then ruling dynasties. (This needs further research by scholars in the subject)


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