Hindu and Christian in South-East India
Recent studies of South India in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries concentrate primarily on political and social issues. Studies of specifically religious developments, of religious encounter, institutions and movements, especially in the nineteenth century, have been few and far between. The purpose of this study is to examine religious institutions, trends and developments in parts of South-east India, focusing on the Tanjore and Trichinopoly districts - a region that has long been...
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Recent studies of South India in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries concentrate primarily on political and social issues. Studies of specifically religious developments, of religious encounter, institutions and movements, especially in the nineteenth century, have been few and far between. The purpose of this study is to examine religious institutions, trends and developments in parts of South-east India, focusing on the Tanjore and Trichinopoly districts - a region that has long been famous as a centre of cultural and religious activity. It is recalled that neither Hinduism nor Christianity were totally static forms of religious organization, ritual or belief, but were living traditions always in the process of change and adaptation: thus one of the major concerns of the book deals with continuities, conversion and change.
List of figuresAbbreviationsPrefaceIntroduction11Legacies and Setting122Company Policies, Temples and Changing Attitudes, 1800-1838403The Results of the Company's Disconnection with Hinduism644Sectarian Conflicts within Srivaishavaism: Tengalais and Vadagalais825The Character, Role and Significance of Non-Braham Saivite Maths in Tanjore District986Aspects of Popular Hinduism1197Brahmans and Christian Conversion1408The Depressed Classes and Christianity1539The Christian Community in a Hindu Setting: Continuities and Change17010Hindu Revivalism and Theosophy189Conclusion217Appendix 1: Adhinam Temples, Tanjore District, c. 1841-1900232Appendix 2: Trustees of some Non-Adhinam Temples, Tanjore District234Appendix 3: Temple Committees236Appendix 4: Temple Lands and Income, Tanjore District240Appendix 5: Castes denied Entry into Principal Temples, Tanjore District, c. 1881-1901241Appendix 6: Peak Attendances at some Religious Festivals: Estimates242Appendix 7: Tanjore and Trichinopoly: Religious Communities244Appendix 8: Brahman Converts245Appendix 9: Religion by Caste248Appendix 10: Theosophical Society Members, Trichinopoly and Tanjore Districts, 1883-1900252Appendix 11: Education by Caste: Hindus, 1888-1889258Appendix 12: Hindu Tract Society Membership, 1888-1889259Appendix 13: Enrolments in Government and Missionary Colleges: Tanjore and Trichinopoly Districts, 1881-1882 to 1893-1894260Select Bibliography261Glossary270Index273
