The Diaspora of the Gods: Hindu Temples in the New World System 1640–1800

Joanne Punzo Waghorne is Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Research in India for this article was made possible by Fellowship for University Teachers, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1994–95, and by a grant for work in London by the University Research Council as well as a writing fellowship from Institute for the Arts and Humanities, University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Diaspora Conference, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, August 22 to 23, 1997. This is part of a larger work tentatively titled: “The Diaspora of the Gods: Hindu Temples in a Global Context.” All maps are courtesy of the British Library and all photographs are the work of Dick Waghorne.