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Suthren Hirst, J. Negotiating Secularity: Indira Gandhi, Ānandamayī Mā, and the Eliya Rajah of Travancore. Hindu Studies 20, 159–198 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11407-016-9189-2
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- Prime Minister
- Religious Tradition
- Interdisciplinary Perspective
- Princely State