Table of Contents

List of figures, Abbreviations, Preface, Introduction, 1. Legacies and Setting, 2. Company Policies, Temples and Changing Attitudes, 1800 - 1838, 3. The Results of the Company's Disconnection with Hinduism, 4. Sectarian Conflicts within Srivaishavaism: Tengalais and Vadagalais, 5. The Character, Role and Significance of Non-Braham Saivite Maths in Tanjore District, 6. Aspects of Popular Hinduism, 7. Brahmans and Christian Conversion, 8. The Depressed Classes and Christianity, 9. The Christian Community in a Hindu Setting: Continuities and Change, 10. Hindu Revivalism and Theosophy, Conclusion, Appendix 1: Adhinam Temples, Tanjore District, c. 1841- 1900, Appendix 2: Trustees of some Non-Adhinam Temples, Tanjore District, Appendix 3: Temple Committees, Appendix 4: Temple Lands and Income, Tanjore District, Appendix 5: Castes denied Entry into Principal Temples, Tanjore District, c. 1881 - 1901, Appendix 6: Peak Attendances at some Religious Festivals: Estimates

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Oddie, Geoffrey