TEMPLES AND CHARITY

The neighbourhood styles of the Komati and

Beeri Chettiar merchants of Madras City
Mattison Mines

British population was quite low, depended on Indian caste relations for control
Left- Beeri Chettis and the right Komatis- Balija Naidus
Temples as places of governance as well as religious sites, implies a relationship between
loss of political function and use of temples
Social hierarchy within caste groups

Landed elite eulogised vs merchants