devadasi in A Sentence

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Eventually the Devadasi culture became an integral part of rituals in South Indian temples.

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IT is also told that Kolavatidevi presented the temple with many beautiful women, which pioneered the Devadasi tradition in temples.

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It was performed by the“temple girls”,(Devadasi) at first, but later was danced in court to entertain royal families and their guests.

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Despite the fact that the Andhra Pradesh Government enacted the AP Devadasis(Prohibition of Dedication) Act, 1988, the heinous practice of Jogini or Devadasi continues in remote areas in some southern states.

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Eventually social and economic conditions associated with Devadasi culture added with contempt and despicable attitude from the Christian missionaries and British officials, who held the Devadasis of South India and nautch girls of North India as harlots, disgraced such systems.

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According to some sources the Devadasi culture dating back to 300 BCE to 300 CE evolved under the auspices of the royals that saw the temple dancers called Devadasis, who were dedicated to serve the Lord as dasis or servants, performing the dance form.

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