devadasi in a sentence

1. Devadasis of Jodakurali village in their agricultural field.

2. The women are all devadasis, literally slaves of the goddess.

3. Yesterday’s devadasi is a mirror image of today’s neglected women.

4. Mohiniyattam once was exclusively danced by Devadasis, the temple dancers.

5. It is completely wrong to believe that Hinduism favors the Devadasi system.

6. A devadasi's life after dedication was obviously very different centuries ago.

7. The Orissa Gazette of 1956 mentions some occasions where the devadasis danced.

8. The devadasis stand in the direct line of one of the oldest institutions in India.

9. Generally daughters born to a Devadasi are destined to become prostitutes themselves.

10. As a result, devadasis were left without their traditional means of support and patronage.

11. “The Indian temple dancers or the so-called DEVADASI were divided in different categories.

12. Devadasis could be as young as 7 years old when they were initiated into this way of life.

13. eventually the devadasi culture became an integral part of rituals in south indian temples.

14. My understanding of it is that originally Devadasis were the women from high caste families.

15. Despite campaigns by India’s national and state governments, the system of devadasis endures.

16. Mr. Selvaraj says he could fill it many times over with the daughters of devadasi in the area.

17. Education and awareness are essential components to bring about the end of the devadasis system.

18. Devadasi originally described a Hindu religious practice in which girls were "married" to a deity.

19. The devadasi were traditionally highly respected and had higher status than other women in society.

20. Other devadasis who don’t have the support of one man, known as a mallik (master), have many partners.