Devadāsī

Description:

Articles, chiefly on Devadāsī, a practice of offering dancing girls as courtesans in Hindu temples of South India and Maharashtra and worship of folk female deities; includes a few on the history of women's liberation in India.

subjects: Religious life and customs,  Devadāsīs,  Social conditions,  History,  Feminism,  Women

Places: India,  Maharashtra (India),  South India