Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- Preface
- Notes on sources, abbreviations and transliteration
- Map
- 1 Introduction: studying religion-state relations
- 2 The temple connection in the nineteenth century
- 3 Governance: the necessity for order
- 4 Governance: trustees and the courts
- 5 Economy: the problem of controlling land
- 6 Economy: the temple's weakness as landlord
- 7 Religion: purifying and organizing Hinduism
- 8 Religion: controlling the priesthood
- 9 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- Preface
- Notes on sources, abbreviations and transliteration
- Map
- 1 Introduction: studying religion-state relations
- 2 The temple connection in the nineteenth century
- 3 Governance: the necessity for order
- 4 Governance: trustees and the courts
- 5 Economy: the problem of controlling land
- 6 Economy: the temple's weakness as landlord
- 7 Religion: purifying and organizing Hinduism
- 8 Religion: controlling the priesthood
- 9 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Religion under BureaucracyPolicy and Administration for Hindu Temples in South India, pp. i - ivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1988