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The '''Badaganadu''' are a [[Brahmin]] community that mainly reside in [[Karnataka]] and in [[Tamil Nadu]]. They are followers of either the [[Advaita Vedanta]] propounded by [[Adi Shankara]] or the [[Dvaita Vedanta]] propounded by [[Madhvacharya]] and hence there are [[Smarthas]] and [[Madhwas]] among them.<ref>{{cite book|title=India's Communities, Volume 6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mt9G1e6JF-QC|author=Kumar Suresh Singh|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1998|page=2044|quote=In Tamil Nadu, the Madhwa Brahmins are migrants from Karnataka. They have six sub-groups, they are Aruvela, Aruvanththuvakkalu, Badaganadu, Pennaththurar, Prathamasaki and Desastha and Badaga. They are concentrated in the Madras, Coimbatore, Coonoor and in Ooty.|isbn = 9780195633542}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Census of India, 1961, Volume 11, Issue 6, Part 16|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0d4cAQAAMAAJ|publisher=Office of the Registrar General Manager of Publications|year=1970|page=6|quote=Among the Badaganadu families, seven happen to be the Shavites and followers of Shankaracharya while the other one is a Madhwa and followers of Madhwacharya. Marriage between these two sects is permissible.}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Hoysala Karnataka Brahmins]]<br />
* [[Forward Castes]]<br />
* [[Madhwa Brahmins]]<br />
* [[Smartha Brahmins]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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