O.B. Roopesh is a Research Associate in Department of Humanities and Social sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB). He works on contemporary South Asia, particularly South Indian Hinduism and Hindu temples. His PhD thesis is entitled The Makings of Temple Public: A Study of Modern Hindu Temples in Contemporary Kerala, completed from IIT Bombay. He is the author of a number of articles on temple politics and Sabarimala Temple.
Lectures:
- Producing the Hindu temple: didactics, changing priesthood, and public performance