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- 1976-2009 (Création/Production)
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3 folders
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Notice biographique
Christopher John 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 great temple of Madurai in Tamilnadu, southeast India, which is dedicated to the Hindu goddess Minakshi and her husband Sundareshwara (Shiva). Fuller has also researched and written extensively on popular Hinduism and Hindu nationalism, the caste system, the Tamil Brahmans, the history of Indian anthropology, and other topics.
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Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
These papers were donated by Christopher Fuller in 2026.
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The papers contain administrative and research materials relating to Hindu temples and priests, compiled or collected by Christopher Fuller during his research trips to Madurai and more widely in Tamil Nadu from the 1970s to the 1990s. There is also a small amount of published articles relating to the same.
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Conditions d'accès
Open. Please contact the Archivist.
Conditions de reproduction
Digital photography (without flash) for research purposes may be permitted upon completion of a copyright declaration form, and with respect to current UK copyright law.
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anglais
tamoul
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Note
These documents are part of a larger donation by Christopher Fuller which contained over 300 photographs primarily depicting the Minakshi-Sundareshwara temple and its priests. The photographs have been catalogued separately as Photo.91 in the Library catalogue: https://ras.koha-ptfs.co.uk/
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Note de l'archiviste
These papers were catalogued by James Liu, RAS Archivist, in 2026, largely based on the descriptions supplied by Christopher Fuller.