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| Article Name : | | | Devadasi Practice in Karnataka | | Author Name : | | | Prasannakumar. Shivasharanappa AND L. Srinivasa, | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-1055 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | Devadasi practice is evil practice, which prevailed in Karnataka and it referred to the servant of god. In the name of god, women are sexually harassed by community people. Such women should not get married to one man, as she is servant to god and wife of whole town. The paper examined the historical background of the devadasis in Karnataka and their status in modern period. Realizing the evils of Devadasi practice, the Government of Karnataka passed the Karnataka Devadasis (Prohibition of Dedication) | | Keywords : | | |
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