Rebellion in Verse examines the Tamil Bhakti movement as a vernacular-driven disruption of caste and ritual hierarchies, positioning devotion as both a form of spiritual expression and a mechanism of ...

This book examines how devotional movements became catalysts for social change at a time when caste oppression was deeply institutionalised Through vivid accounts of various saints, Srinivasan ...

How devotional traditions reshaped medieval Indian society, challenged orthodoxy and continue to offer lessons for unity and ...

This hymn, by the seventh-century poet, Appar, quoted in Raghavan Srinivasan’s book, exemplifies its rebellion against Vedic rigidity and ritual. “The saints of this movement were poets of the people, ...