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...

Bayadere may refer to: Bayadere is a European term for devadasi — a female dancer in India, often clothed in loose Eastern costume Bayadere (fabric), an...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

"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...

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

servant subcaste of Vellalar. . It is evident that they supplied the Devadasis of the medieval period. In later times they served as bonded labourers...

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...

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

foeticide Female infanticide Street children Women Acid attack Bride burning Devadasi Dowry death Eve teasing Women's health Feminism Menstrual taboo Prostitution...

foeticide Female infanticide Street children Women Acid attack Bride burning Devadasi Dowry death Eve teasing Women's health Feminism Menstrual taboo Prostitution...

Her second film, Kanavu Meippada Vendum, deals with the issues faced by Devadasi women. This was screened at several film festivals Kutty (2001) : Tamil...

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

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)...

have been born on earth as a devadasi and imparted the divine knowledge of dance unto humans. The first dance of the devadasi took place in a temple in the...

Avadhikkalathu Delhi Pappachan Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal Aravindan Devadasi Pranaya Nilavu Madhavan Nair Stalin Sivadas CG Rishivamsam Garshom Subair...

She starred in Krishnadasi (2016), which was based on the lives of the Devadasi community, playing the role of Krishnadasi Kumudini. Other appearances...

derogatory, with some even claiming that the term really refers to children of devadasis.[page needed] When untouchability was outlawed after Indian independence...