Published January 17, 2023
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ERADICATION OF DEVADASI SYSTEM IN SOUTH INDIA
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- 1. Assistant Professor & Research Convener. P.G & Research Department of History. Iqbal College, Peringammala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
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The devadasi system became popular custom in South India. It means a woman who performed the service to the Gods in the temple. In sangam literature, the dancing woman and prostitutes are frequently mentioned. Sethu Lekshmi Bai, the Queen Regent of Travancore abolished the system in1930.
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