![]() | Daughter of Devadasi from north Karnataka doing Ph.D on ending social alienationHailing from a remote village in Mudhol taluk of Bagalkote district in North Karnataka, 35-year-old Manjula Telagade grew up amid the Devadasi system. |
![]() | Decades after ban, Devadasi system lives on surreptitiously in KarnatakaDuring a visit to Hosapete in Ballari district early this week, this reporter met some former Devadasis, their children and people. |
![]() | Little girls forced into sexual slavery as devadasis in Tamil Nadu, Andhra; NHRC issues noticeThe National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh governments over the alleged prevalence of the banned Devadasi system. |
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