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Transcripts of welcome addresses

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Reference code

GB 891 CF-CF/3

Publication status

Draft

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File

Extent and medium

2 pieces + 1 envelop

Date(s)

1984 (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 the transcripts of two welcome addresses delivered to Christopher Fuller on the occasion of him presenting his book _Servants of the Goodness_ to the Minakshi temple priests' association on 17 April 1984, including: * a typed version in English, entitled 'Welcome Address to Dr. Mr. Chris Fuller of London', signed by C. Muthu Bhattar, president of the Minakshi Temple priests' association. * a handwritten version in Tamil, with English translation at the back.