- jewellery.
After becoming Devadasis, the
women would spend their time
learning religious rites,
rituals and dances.
Devadasis were
expected to live a life...
- The
Madras Devadasis (Prevention of Dedication) Act (also
called the
Tamil Nadu
Devadasis (Prevention of Dedication) Act or the
Madras Devadasi Act) is a...
-
Bombay Devadasis Protection Act, 1934[usurped] The
Bombay Devadasis Protection Act, 1934.
Abuse of
Lower Castes in
South India: The
Institution of
Devadasi...
-
British officials presented "nautch girls" of
north India (Kathak) and "
devadasis" of
south India (Bharatanatyam) as
evidence of "harlots,
debased erotic...
- of Deceit, or The
Playboy Grown Wise)
which exposed the
plight of the
Devadasis.[citation needed] She took part in the Anti-Hindi
agitations of 1937-40...
-
Indian Carnatic singer,
cultural activist, scholar, and
devadasi. A
descendant of
devadasis, she was also a
patron of the arts and a historian. Nagarathnamma...
- non-Brahmin
servitors of
Jagannath who are
excluded from worship.
Though devadasis generally function as
agents of Lakshmi, they
offer worship in the Gundicha...
-
Mohiniyattam nor is
there any
evidence that
dancing girls of
Mohiniyattam were
devadasis,
temple prostitutes or even
menial servants of the temple. However, adds...
-
devaradiyar etc.
under Isai
Vellalar label. Some from this
community were made
devadasis until its abolition. They come
under MBC (Most
Backward classes) category...
- Likewise,
Devadasis served in
temples and in all
villages rough stones planted on the
borders and they say that
these two (employing
devadasis and the planting...
