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1. EAP314/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP314/5
Title:
Ayyavu Ambalam's collection of honour dispute documents [1889-1953]
Scope & Content:
This collection has 3 hand written documents pertaining to disputes over 'honour', or 'precedence', The notion of honour establishes ritual, and therefore social, status at the level of the locality and takes the shape of the order in which ritual offerings are distributed during the annual temp...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1889-1953
Extent:
40 TIFF images

2. EAP314/5/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP314/5/1
Title:
Honour dispute documents [1889-1953]
Scope & Content:
This scope and content of this series are identical to that of the collection (as there is one series) 3 handwritten and typed paper documents
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1889-1953
Extent:
40 TIFF images

3. EAP314/5/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP314/5/1/1
Title:
Honour Dispute 1 [1889]
Scope & Content:
This document is related to a conflict over the honour given at the Kallazhakar Temple annual festival to the document holder's family, it was settled by the Madras Endowment Board. It is an old photocopy of the original document which no longer exists, it is partly typed and partly handwritten...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
1889
Extent:
8 TIFF images

4. EAP314/5/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP314/5/1/2
Title:
Honour Dispute 2 [1953]
Scope & Content:
This document is a further conflict over the distribution of honours within the kin group itself, in a particular a disagreement about the order given from their ancestor's time, which was settled during a panchayat. This document is a recent photocopy of the original handwritten and typed docu...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1953
Extent:
30 TIFF images

5. EAP314/5/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP314/5/1/3
Title:
Honour Dispute3 [1996]
Scope & Content:
This document deals with the struggle to obtain new entitlements in order to receive the honour in the temple. Though the document is very recent it is included here as it is related to the previous two documents. It is an recent photocopy of the original handwritten document which no longer ex...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
1996
Extent:
2 TIFF images