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I now many temples had rules as to who can and cannot enter and a hygiene code as well which may not have been followed by some lower varnas. Apart from the inner chamber where the murti resides (for Brahmins alone may go in there) did Ramunaja ever compose a treatise of temple rules that allowed lower Varnas who were to fit to be at a Sri Vaishnava temple to be at that temple? If not what about other Vishsitadvaiatana and Sri Vaishnava scholars?

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    There is no śāstriya niṣedha on temple entry of even a Cāṇḍāla, let alone a Śūdra. However, garbhagṛha is not a place for everyone, usually arcakas are supposed to be there.
    – Bingming
    Commented Mar 8 at 12:27
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    That depends on tradition to tradition. Usually Shankaracharya tradition doesn't allow women and sudras to read vedas or enter temples. Other traditions do have own formulations and allow the same. Tho, I'm not sure about particularly Sri Vaishnava, but Ramanandi (usually a sect that emerged from that philosophy) does has openness for all the caste, I've heard that they also allow Sudras to study and upgrade their verna, but I'm not sure.
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    @User29449 Ādi Śaṅkara mentions the śāstrīya niṣedha regarding Vedādhyayana by non-dvijas (including Śūdras, women, etc.), he doesn't talk about temple entry or state any restriction regarding that on the basis of jāti. Rāmānuja is also against Vedādhyayana by non-dvijas. This is stated clearly in his Brahmasūtra bhāṣya. Rāmānuja, Nimbārka, Madhva, Ādi Śaṅkara, Rāmānanda, Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa, all agree that only dvijas have the adhikāra to do Vedādhyayana. And the restriction of Vedādhyayana has nothing to do with temple entry.
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    @Bingming From what I've heard, Karpatri, of Shankaracharya's order, was against temple entry by Dalits and Sudras. He prohibited them entry into Somnath and Vishwanath temples. So your idea that there isn't any discrimination on the basis of jati in the Shankara order is False. I don't see any parallel sampradayas to Shankaracharyas that have done the same (even a single example). Ref: pbs.twimg.com/media/E7s27kjUUAMmyFJ?format=jpg&name=medium, pbs.twimg.com/media/E7s27kjVoAMhtWI?format=jpg&name=medium
    – user29449
    Commented Mar 15 at 9:35
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    @Haridasa Neither I'm saying about on Shankara, rather it is Shankara tradition.
    – user29449
    Commented Mar 15 at 12:43

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Sri Ramanujacarya, an incarnation of Sri Sheshnag as per Garg Samhita, treated people of all castes equally. He gave initiation to and become the guru of students irrespective of their caste.

For Reference: See this link on the website of one of the current Acarya’s in Sri Sampradaya - https://statueofequality.org/about-bagwad-sri-ramanujacharya-history-philosophy/

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