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| Article Name : | | | Problems And Challenges Of Devadasis In Bijapur District | | Author Name : | | | Badiger Vidyavati Devendrappa And S. L. Hiremath | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-3006 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | ’Devadasi practice is old practice and Devadasi means 'servants to gods'. It was prevailed during the ancient days to exploit the women. Due to the awareness about the evils associated with this practice, it was banned by government recently. But the existing Devadasis are facing many challenges and problems in the society. The paper is based on the field data collected on problems and challenges of Devadasis in Bijapur district. Total 120 Devadasis from Bijapur district in Karnataka were interviewed to collect the primary data. The findings revealed that illiteracy, negligence, exploitation, sexual harassment, forced prostitution, lower income, etc are few of the problems faced by Devadasis in Bijapur district. Even though there are many rehabilitation and welfare schemes, still only a few of the Devadasis have got benefits from such schemes, as many of the Devadasis are not aware about these schemes. It is suggested to give self-employment training and financial assistance to Devadasis to form their livelihood and strictly ban on the Devadasi practice and forced prostitution. | | Keywords : | | |
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