Devadasi

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Ashish Mohan Khokar
  On December 30, 1935, the headquarters of the Theosophical Society in Adyar witnessed the first appearance of a girl who had no real background in the dance of the dasis. It was unheard of that a Brahmin girl would publicly dance the art of the devadasis (temple dancers of south India). Over a…
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Every country has a rich cultural heritage. Europe, China or India are places with a very rich cultural heritage. History is a record of the past and it has to be understood properly. Culture is a very big field comprising, among others, dance heritage, musical heritage, linguistic heritage etc.…
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