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Professor Srilata Raman completed her BA at the University of Delhi in India, followed by an MPhil at Oxford University and a PhD from the University of Tübingen in Germany. Her research focuses on South Asian Religions, with specific interests in Sanskrit, Tamil intellectual formations, pre-colonial modernity, Śrīvaiṣṇavism, Tamil Śaiva Siddhānta, and the dynamics of religion and colonialism. Her notable publications include 'Self-Surrender (Prapatti) in God Srīvaiṣṇavism: Tamil Cats and Sanskrit Monkeys' (2007) and 'Transformation Tamil Religion: Ramalinga Swamigal and Modern Dravidian Sainthood' (2022). She also co-edited a volume titled 'Words and Deeds: Hindu Buddhist Rituals in South Asia' (2005) and has contributed significantly to the study of Śaivism and Tantric Traditions (2020).
Department of Sociology