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The importance of temple ritual in constituting political dominance in South India has been well documented. This vivid and compelling study of caste and ritual in rural Tamil Nadu focuses not only on the temples of the socially powerful, but even more so on the powerful temples of the socially weak.Mines, Diane P. is the author of 'Fierce Gods Inequality, Ritual, And The Politics Of Dignity In A South Indian Village', published 2005 under ISBN 9780253217653 and ISBN 0253217652.
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