Invoking Chola and Maratha Pasts in Colonial Thaniayur: King Serfoji II's Reinvention of the Brihadisvara Temple

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Invoking Chola and Maratha Pasts in Colonial Thaniayur: King Serfoji II’s Reinvention of the Brihadisvara Temple

Presented by Indira Viswanathan Peterson, Professor of Asian Studies, Mt. Holyoke College. Listen to the full recording here.

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