The pandits in Trinidad

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"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.

subjects: Hinduism,  Trinidad and Tobago,  Hindu priests,  East Indians,  Religion