This book shows that from the Cholas to the British, governing India was inseparable from religion
[ad_1] The relationship between temples and the sovereign evolved over hundreds of years and has been one of great interest to scholars. Academics Arjun Appadurai and Carol A Breckenridge studied temples in Chennai and Madurai to show how the deity in a temple was considered to be the “paradigmatic sovereign”. The daily rituals followed in … Read more