August 22, 2010 Chennai's Company shrines The East India Company gave Chennai's temples a lot of importance. With gifts of pagodas and land, the Company played a major role in their growth. Could it have been an early example of corporate sponsorship? As Madras that is Chennai steps into its 372nd year, a quaint reminder of its colonial origins are several monuments and buildings. Among these are a few so-called Company temples, for these were built thanks to support from the East India Company. They belong to a very early period in the history of the city, a time when the differences between the British and the Indians had not become too sharply defined. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/article587051.ece --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar