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The term devadasi originally described a Hindu religious practice in which girls were "married" and dedicated to a deity (deva or devi). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devadasi

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Direct Link to Research Report:

http://www.idsn.org/uploads/media/WomeninRitualSlavery.pdf

 

Anti-Slavery International

Maggie Black

2007

 

India - Women in Ritual Slavery in Southern India: Devadasi, Jogini, & Mathamma in Karnataka & Andhra Pradesh

 

 

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