Devadasi (English Wikipedia)

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Colundalur, Nash (21 January 2011). "'Devadasis are a cursed community'". The Guardian.

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Aparimita Pramanik Sahoo, "A Brief History of Devadasi System", Orissa-Diary (July 18, 2006). Archived 19 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine. At the same time, other experts argue that the institution is "far older, and claim that what is arguably one of the most ancient extant pieces of Indian art, a small bronze of a naked dancing girl from Mohenjo-daro, dating to around 2500 B.C., could depict a devadasi."

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"Donors, Devotees, and Daughters of God: Temple Women in Medieval Tamilnadu - Reviews in History". History.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
Aparimita Pramanik Sahoo, "A Brief History of Devadasi System", Orissa-Diary (July 18, 2006). Archived 19 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine. At the same time, other experts argue that the institution is "far older, and claim that what is arguably one of the most ancient extant pieces of Indian art, a small bronze of a naked dancing girl from Mohenjo-daro, dating to around 2500 B.C., could depict a devadasi."
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"The Sacred & the Profane – The Conference | Mahari of Odisha". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
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"Abuse of Lower Castes in South India: The Institution of Devadasi"

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Viswanathan, Lakshmi (26 August 2021). "Gowri Ammal's place in the annals". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 September 2024.