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Author Presler, Franklin A.

Title Religion under bureaucracy : policy and administration for Hindu temples in South India / Franklin A. Presler
Published Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987

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Description ix, 179 pages, 1 unnumbered page of plates : maps ; 23 cm
Series Cambridge South Asian studies ; [no. 38]
Cambridge South Asian studies ; no. 38
Contents Machine derived contents note: 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
Analysis Southern India (Republic). Hindu temples Administration
Notes Includes index
Series number from jacket
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 166-170
Subject Hindu temples -- India, South.
Hinduism and state.
Hinduism -- India, South -- Government.
LC no. 86017546
ISBN 0521321778