Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Note on transliteration
- Introduction
- 1 The South Indian temple: cultural model and historical problem
- 2 Kings, sects, and temples: South Indian Śrī Vaisnavism, 1350–1700
- 3 British rule and temple politics, 1700–1826
- 4 From bureaucracy to judiciary, 1826–1878
- 5 Litigation and the politics of sectarian control, 1878–1925
- 6 Rethinking the present: some contextual implications
- Appendix A Rules and regulations of 1800
- Appendix B Justice Hutchins's scheme of 1885
- Appendix C Final judicial scheme of management, 1925
- Bibliography
- Index
Appendix B - Justice Hutchins's scheme of 1885
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Note on transliteration
- Introduction
- 1 The South Indian temple: cultural model and historical problem
- 2 Kings, sects, and temples: South Indian Śrī Vaisnavism, 1350–1700
- 3 British rule and temple politics, 1700–1826
- 4 From bureaucracy to judiciary, 1826–1878
- 5 Litigation and the politics of sectarian control, 1878–1925
- 6 Rethinking the present: some contextual implications
- Appendix A Rules and regulations of 1800
- Appendix B Justice Hutchins's scheme of 1885
- Appendix C Final judicial scheme of management, 1925
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
1. That all future appointments of Dharmakarthas of the temple of Śree Partasarathy Swamy at Triplicane in the plaint mentioned shall be made by election in manner hereinafter appearing.
2. That all persons shall be entitled to vote who shall be:
(a) of the Tengalai persuasion
(b) of the male sex
(c) of the age of 18 years or upwards
(d) Resident in Triplicane and within the following boundaries viz. on the North the Wallajah Road; in the East the South Beach Road; on the south the Ice House Road and on the West Woods Road and Patters Road for at least six months within the twelve months immediately preceding the occurrence of the vacancy then about to be filled up.
3. That any person of the age of 25 years or upwards resident anywhere within the Municipal limits of Madras who would except for the requisition as to residence contained in Article 2 (d) of this scheme be entitled under the said Article 2 to vote at such elections shall be eligible for election to the office of Dharmakartha of the said temple provided that he shall not belong to or be of the same caste or, in the case of Sudras, of the same subcaste as either of the then surviving or continuing Dharmakarthas.
4. That no Dharmakartha shall hold any office of emolument in the Temple.
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- Worship and Conflict under Colonial RuleA South Indian Case, pp. 232 - 237Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1981