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Reference code
GB 891 CF-CF/1-CF/1/2
Publication status
Draft
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File
Extent and medium
17 pieces + 2 envelopes
Date(s)
- 1977-1997 (Creation)
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Name of creator
Christopher J. Fuller
(1949-)
Biographical history
Christopher J. Fuller is an emeritus professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics and a Fellow of the British Academy. In 1976, Fuller started conducting field research in the temple of Madurai in Tamilnadu, southeast India, which is dedicated to the Hindu goddess Minakshi. Fuller has also researched and written extensively on popular Hinduism and Hindu nationalism, the caste system, the anthropology of the state and other topics.
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Royal Asiatic Society Archives
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Scope and content
This file contains printed festival and ritual programmes issued by the temple administrations (devasthanam) of Hindu temples and other organisations, including:
__Hindu temples__
* Kudal Alagar temple, Madurai, for Renovation ritual (mahasamprokshanam), 1-5 April 1995
* Kudal Alagar temple, Madurai, for Navaratri, September-October 1978, including list of recitals
* Kallalagar temple, Alagarkoil, for Renovation ritual (mahasamprokshanam), 12-16 July 1995
* Aiyappan temple, Madurai, for Renovation ritual (mahakumbhabhishekam), 16-19 January 1995
* Aiyanar temple, Tiruvallur, Sivaganga District, for Renovation ritual (mahakumbhabhishekam), 1-5 February 1995
* Nellaiyappar temple, Tirunelveli, for Ani Peruntinuvila festival, 21-30 June 1977, with pamphlet about the temple
* Subrahmanya temple, Tirupparankundram, for Tai Teppam, January-February 1977
* Subrahmanya temple, Tirupparankundram, for Panguni Peruvila, March-April 1977
* Chellattamman temple, Madurai, for their annual festival, January-February 1977
__Other organisations__
* Madurai Ayira Vaisya Manjaputtar Mahajan Sabha, Madurai, for Devipuja festival, March 1977
* Tirupparankundram Agamic school (pathashala), for their Saraswati puja programme, October 1994
* Indian Institute of Indology, Chennai, for their inauguration ceremony and Agama conference, 25 January 1995. In English
* Ramanatha temple, Rameshwaram, information sheet. In English
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