Author: Padmanabha, P
Title: Special Survey Reports on Selected Towns: Sringeri
Description: Nasik, Govt. of India Press, (1981). orig.boards. 28x22cm. (52),516 pp. Original cloth-backed boards.. 2 maps, 30pp photoplates. Rubbed. Corner bumps. Spine stained. Just Good. ¶ Series: Census of India 1971,Series 14 - Mysore, pt. VI - B. Study of a town in western Chikmagular district of southwestern Malnad region of Karnataka state (90 km from Chikmagalur & 335 km from Bangalore) ; an important Hindu religious center (the Sankara 'Matha' founded by Adi Sankara Acharya, the apostle of Advaita), detailing history of growth of the town; amenities & services; economic life; ethnic & selected social- demographic characteristics; migration & settlement of families; neighbourhood pattern; family life; housing & material conditions; slums, blighted & other areas with substandard living conditions; organization of power & prestige; leisure & receation, social participation, social awareness,religion & crime, etc. Printer's colophon on rear cover reads: " PRG - 38.71 (Mysore) - 300" [ie: published in an edition of 300 copies]

Keywords: Sociology of Religion, Karnataka, South India, Social Statistics, Demography, Urban sociology, Population, Census of India, Hindu temples, Sringeri Malnad