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Praveen Vijayakumar

PhD Student

Education

M.A. Religious Studies, McGill University
B.A. (honors) South Asia Studies, National University of Singapore

Research Interests

My earlier research investigated the presence and participation of non-Hindus and non-caste elites (for example, Abraham Pandither) in the area of the performing arts, print culture, and reform movements in twentieth-century South India. My present research broadly investigates the employment and movement of artists between princely courts and Śaiva monasteries (maṭhas) in the preceding centuries in South India.

Languages: Tamil, Telugu, Sanskrit