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The Supreme Court recently requested a committee formed by the Madras High Court to identify Agamic temples as against non-Agamic temples in Tamil Nadu in three months.
About Agamas
The Agamas are acollection of scriptures of Hindu devotional schools
The termliterally means tradition or "that which has come down", and the Agama textsdescribe cosmology, epistemology, philosophical doctrines, precepts on meditationand practices, four kinds ofyoga, mantras, temple construction, deity worship, and ways to attain sixfold desires
Theoriginand chronology of Agamas isunclear.
The3 main branchesof Agama texts areShaivism(of Lord Shiva),Vaishnavism(of Lord Vishnu), andShaktism(of Adi Shakti)
The Agamic traditions aresometimes called Tantrism,although the term "Tantra" is usually used specifically to refer to Shakta Agamas.
The Agamasdo not derive their authority from the Vedas,but arenot antagonistic to them
They areall Vedic in spirit and characterThat is the reason why they are regarded as authoritative.
Many South Indian temples, especially in Tamil Nadu,follow Agamic traditions for daily rituals and festivals
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