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- 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 p****ed 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...
- Chandrammal, a Devadasi, was only 11 years old when she implored Narayanaswami, a 30-year-old man who was to become her patron after her Devadasi dedication...
- Intercultural Philosophy, Chennai. Vol 28, Oct 2015; pp. 45–54 Disrespecting the Devadasi: What the MS Subhalakshmi debate has exposed, The News Minute, Chennai...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 ****ociated with prostitution, is forced to serve men, who approach Devadasis with superstitious...