The pandits in Trinidad
Subtitle: a study of a Hindu institution
By: by Ashram B. Maharaj ; with a foreword by P.K. Misra.
Publisher: Indian Review Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Trinidad, W.I
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
Subjects: Hinduism -- Trinidad and Tobago.
Description: "Study of the orthodox Sanatanist sect in Trinidad is based in part on interviews conducted during 1987-91 with pandits and other key East Indian informants. Examines the caste system from which the sect originates, its links to immigration, and the importance of the pandits for the Hindu community in the island"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.