Nandanar: Untouchable Saint and Caste Hindu Anomaly

Vincent Nathan · Ethos 21(2), American Anthropological Association / Wiley (1993), pp. 152–178

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Tier-A peer-reviewed paper on Nandanar / Tiruñāḷaippōvār. Distinguishes the canonical Periya Purāṇam account from Gopalakrishna Bharati's 19th-century retelling.

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