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. The dedication takes...

Devadasi is a 1999 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by Biju Varkey, starring Nishanth Sagar and Jeneesha. It was released on 12 September 1999...

Bombay Devadasi Protection Act (1934) was passed by the Bombay High Court under British India to protect existing Devadasis and prevent the dedication...

The Madras Devadasis (Prevention of Dedication) Act (also called the Tamil Nadu Devadasis (Prevention of Dedication) Act or the Madras Devadasi Act) is a...

Devadasi is a 1948 Tamil film directed by Manik Lal Tandon and T. V. Sundaram. The film stars Kannan, Leela, R. Balasubramaniam, and K. S. Angamuthu. The...

actress Rekha. Gemini Ganesan was born in a Devadasi family as Ramasamy Ganesan in 1920 to Ramasamy and the Devadasi Gangammal. Ganesan's grandfather, Narayanaswami...

become the Devadasi in times where the Devadasis were commonly associated with prostitution, is forced to serve men, who approach Devadasis with superstitious...

among them who was alive. At the age of 12, Sashimani was inducted into Devadasi Seva after being ceremonially married to Lord Jagannath at the age of 7...

to abolish the Devadasi system, were instrumental in the passage of the Madras Devadasi (Prevention of Dedication) Act or the Devadasi Abolition Bill...

modern authors have argued that Bharatanatyam is a descendant of an ancient Devadasi (lit. 'servant girls of Devas') culture, suggesting a historical origin...

struggling against the Devadasi tradition. In a remote village at Karnataka-Maharashtra border in India, the poor residents follow Devadasi tradition according...

Pathsala as its home. Assam's Devadasi dance is a 1,000-year-old tradition, prevalent since the 7th century when the Devadasi system was in place. Girls...

Goa. His mother Yesubai Rane was his father's mistress belonging to the Devadasi community of Goa, which is now known as Gomantak Maratha Samaj. In his...

Her mother was Chandrammal, a Devadasi. Her father was ostracised from his family because of his marriage to a Devadasi. She developed a close relationship...

Intercultural Philosophy, Chennai. Vol 28, Oct 2015; pp. 45–54 Disrespecting the Devadasi: What the MS Subhalakshmi debate has exposed, The News Minute, Chennai...

"cultivators of music". This term was introduced after the legal abolition of the Devadasi system as a result of the reform and anti-nautch movement in 1947. The...

Ezhunilappanthal. However, his most notable role came in the 1999 film Devadasi, directed by Biju Varkey. He was then pursuing his graduation. He got a...

devadasis. He understood the greatness of the art and lamented the disrespect shown and stigma attached to it due to its association with devadasis....

Vallabh (1924) Sati Sardarba (1924) Ram Sarovar (1924) Kala Chor (1925) Devadasi (1925) Indrasabha (1925) Ra Navghan (1925) Rambha of Rajnagar (1925) Deshna...

the temple of Lord Jagannatha at Puri by devadasi dancers called mahari. Following the abolition of the devadasi system, the dance has been discontinued...

Indian Carnatic singer, cultural activist, scholar, and devadasi. A descendant of devadasis, she was also a patron of the arts and a historian. Nagarathnamma...

its original 'sadhir' style prevalent amongst the temple dancers, the Devadasis, she also worked for the re-establishment of traditional Indian arts and...

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Melattur style of Bharatanatyam dance was developed largely out of the devadasi traditions and Melattur Bhagavata Mela by Mangudi Dorairaja Iyer (1900–1980)...

disapproves of his methods, he decides to leave but stumbles upon Maitreyi, a devadasi from Bangladesh (then known as East Pakistan) who dances in the temple...

Kshetragna or Kshetrayya (one who travels). He married to Mohanangi (who is a Devadasi). Learned his music from guru VenkaTamakhi (author of 72-melakartha scheme)...

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developed into a potent force to fight against illiteracy, child marriage, the Devadasi system and other social ills. After Besant's death in 1933, Dorothy Jinarajadasa...

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in Hindustani music under Pandit Narayanrao Vyas. Her mother, from the devadasi community, was a music exponent and a regular stage performer, and Subbulakshmi...