Temple and Society in South India

Contents Acknowledgement vii Abbreviations viii List of Contributors xi Introduction xiii 1 Power and Legitimacy of Medieval South Indian Temples in the socoety 1 2 Chidambaram Temple: Tracing the Role of Religion in the Chola State and Society 19 3 Science Behind Temple Worship 45 4 Cultural Aspects of Hindu Temples in Medieval Tamil Country 54 5 The Medieval Tamil Society and Temple management 61 6 Administrators, Artisans and Servants: Temple's Functionaries in Medieval Soth India 72 7 Temple and Earning Women in Medieval South India 102 8 Terrotories of the Divine: Temple Sanketams and their Socio-political Dimensions in Early Kerala Society 120 9 Temple and Religious Endowments during the Pandayas 130 10 Horizontal Expansion of temple Institutions and its Role to the Agrarian changes: Study on Early medieval south India 151 11 The socio - cultural Facet of Temples with Reference to vijayanagara Period 163 12 Social customs and Festivals in the Temple Art of the Vijayanagara - Nayak Period in Tamilnadu 179 13 The Renowned Inscriptions of Sri Ninra Narayana Perumal Temple at Thiruttangal: A Historical Cram 188 14 Early Buddhist Temples in the East Coast of South India 197 15 Religious Status of Paraiyas in Medieval Hindu Tamilagam 217 16 Discourses of Policies of 'Widthdrawal',' Non- Intervention' and' Protection'" A colonial State's Perspective on Hindu Religious Institutions in Madras Presidency 226 17 Migration: An aspect of the Burden of Taxation under the Cholas 234 18 Villupattu Tradition: A Performing Art of Propitiation of Deities in Kanyakumari district 244 19 The Origins of Social Insurance for the Labouring Classes 258 20 Palm-leaf Manuscripts of Tamil Nadu: A Panoramic view 274