Of late, there is a growing intolerance among Advaitins against Madhvas, for instigating hatred in the name of Vishnu- Shiva. One can see a video where an Advaita scholar is prompting people to protest against those who sing Haridasa Kritis, which calls Advaitis by names, and Shiva as subordinate or inferior to Vishnu! They have gone to the extent of creating Shiva Sahasranama chanting groups like that of Vishnusahasranama recitation groups. they could do it as well! Nothing stops them..
Even while both are found as form of Mahabharata text, one is not popular among people as the other, there is a commentary of one Shankaracharya on Vishnu Sahasranama published. More than this, total absence of Kannada Kritis to sing set to Music, on lines of Advaita thought, as Bhakti has inferior place than Jnana.
Except few songs in Kannada by Advaita Guru Sachidananda Saraswati of Holenarasipur, none have composed in Kannada on Advaita line of thought. Instead of setting this right, there is no use in shouting against Haridasa Kritis, which link all devatas to Vishnu family. There is no Kriti or literature which equals Haridasa Compositions save those of Sadashiva Brahmendra songs, as he was an Advita pithadhipati, composed in Samskritam.
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