Centre for Asian and Transcultural Studies (CATS)

The newly approved project "Hindu Temple Legends in South India" of the Heidelberger Academy of Sciences is headed by Prof. Dr. Ute Hüsken (SAI, University of Heidelberg). There will be research units established both in Heidelberg and Pondicherry (India) in cooperation with the École Française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO). The research project is funded with an annual sum of of 400,000 euros for a total duration of 16 years. Further details can be found in the press release [PDF].

The newsroom of University Heidelberg had also written a press release about the project. The press release can be read [here].