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With that single line "That is the problem with you folks" you have proved yourself as a Narrow minded person and a Hypocrite who is keen to Stereotype...........funny you don't see the Irony.
Veda's always take primacy in Hinduism ..... but that does not mean all other sects that evolved out of Vedic Hinduims is any less Hindu. Be it Jainism, Buddhism or Tantrism.
Temple worship is part of the Tantrism branch of Hindusims and that is what your are foolishly refering to as Bhakti Movment. Tevarams in Shiva temples is part of that Tantric tradition. It has different practices from the smarta traditions.
Bhakti movement is different from Tantrism. You are mixing the two due to your ignorance.
100% of Temples in India where prana prathista is done to the deity is Tantric in nature. That does not mean it does not have vedic roots.
budhism is not a sect of hinduism, its rejection of hinduism, or brahminism to be specific. Later in practice they started the similar sophisticated practice but thats not what it was when it began.