Temples and trade network in South India: The cult of Gavareshvara

Rao, N.

dc.contributor.author	Rao, N.
dc.date.accessioned	2023-07-11T06:48:44Z
dc.date.available	2023-07-11T06:48:44Z
dc.date.issued	2023
dc.identifier.citation	Studies in People's History. 10(1); 2023; 15-30.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://doi.org/10.1177/23484489231157494
dc.identifier.uri	http://irgu.unigoa.ac.in/drs/handle/unigoa/7044
dc.description.abstract	Along with the emergence of Ayyavole Five Hundred in Karnataka and other parts of South India, there was also the appearance of the cult of Gavareshvara. It represented the importance of the Gavares, a dominant trading community of Ayyavole Five Hundred. The Gavareshvara temples attracted donations from the Gavares, Mummuridandas, Settis and Settiguttas apart from officials. The article shows that the assortment of traders exhibited their devotion to god Gavareshvara, thereby demonstrating their respect for the dominant Ayyavole traders, the Gavares. Consequently, Gavareshvara became a major deity of the Ayyavole Five Hundred in Karnataka.	en_US
dc.publisher	Sage	en_US
dc.subject	History	en_US
dc.title	Temples and trade network in South India: The cult of Gavareshvara	en_US
dc.type	Journal article	en_US
dc.identifier.impf	cs