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Devadasi - Wikipedia
In India, a devadasi is a female artist who is dedicated to the worship and service of a deity or a temple for the rest of her life.
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'Devadasis are a cursed community' | Women - The Guardian
Southern India's devadasi system, which 'dedicates' girls to a life of sex work in the name of religion, continues despite being made illegal in 1988.
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Devadasi | Temple Dancers, Rituals, Traditions - Britannica
Devadasi, member of a community of women who dedicate themselves to the service of the patron god of the great temples in eastern and southern India.
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devadasi
‖ devadasi (deɪvəˈdɑːsɪ) [a. Skr. devadāsī, lit. ‘a female servant of a god’ (cf. deva).] A nautch girl in a Hindu temple.1817 tr. Dubois' Manners & Customs of India iii. iii. 401 Next to the Sacrificers, the most important persons about the temple are the dancing girls, who call themselves Devadasi...
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[PDF] The Devadasi System: Temple Prostitution in India
ABSTRACT. India, the world's second most populous country, suffers from one of the highest rates of sexual exploitation of minors anywhere on the globe.
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[PDF] The Devadasi System: An Exploitation of Women and Children in ...
These women and children dedicated to the deity as devadasis usually end up leading a life of religious and culturally sanctioned prostitution ...
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Temple Prostitution in India - An Exploitative Practice in the Name of ...
This practice is called the devadasi system in which minor girls belonging to the Scheduled Castes are sexually exploited by temple priests and other high ...
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Serving the Goddess | The New Yorker
We had come to Saundatti, in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, to see the goddess Yellamma—Rani Bai, Kaveri, and I. (The names of the two ...
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[PDF] Exploitation of Women as Devadasis and its Associated Evils
the daughter of devadasi is dedicated as devadasi (Moni, 2001). Again the system is a hereditary practice in many of the families of lower caste families.
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Religion, Gender and Sexuality: The Devadasi System in Assam
The Devadasi tradition exists in some temples of India as a religious practice which requires the offering of pre-puberty girls for the ...
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Indian Devadasis between religious beliefs and sexual exploitation
The term Devadasi is a Sanskrit word, which literally translates to. 'female slave of God'. Devadasi practice arises out of a crossroads of religion, poverty, ...
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Devadasi (1948 film)
Angamuthu as the smart devadasi woman
T. S. Durairaj as The king
N. S. Krishnan as a Carnatic musician
T. A. See also
Devadasi
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Indian drama films
Films scored by K. V.
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Devadasi , female temple servants in India
Devadasi (1948 film), 1948 Indian film
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Bombay Devadasi Protection Act
Bombay Devadasi Protection Act (1934) was passed by the Bombay High Court under British India to protect existing Devadasis and prevent the dedication of women into the Devadasi system of existence.
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Madras Devadasis (Prevention of Dedication) Act
the Madras Anti-Devadasi Act was passed on 14 August 1956. Devadasi (Prohibition of Dedication) Act.
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