The Karnataka Devadasi (Prevention, Prohibition, Relief and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2025, aims to “conscientize” the public on the issue of girls and women being dedicated as devadasis by subjecting ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...

Born into conditions of extreme poverty in India's southern state of Karnataka, Ningavva Kanal took a huge decision that completely changed the course of her life. Kanal — the youngest in a family of ...

Mangaluru: TV Renukamma, president of State Devadasi Vimochana Sangha, urged the state government to extend support for all Devadasis irrespective of their age. “Presently thousands of young Devadasis ...

India-based Milaap today announced its 2014 goal to raise $100,000 in loans for these women – Devadasis – via “The Hope Project,” a crowdfunding initiative that will help women to become self-reliant ...

Huvakka Bhimappa, along with other former 'devadasis' women who were dedicated by their families to the Hindu Goddess Yellamma Devi, cleanse themselves in a pond ...

Throughout the state of Karnataka, India, about 250,000 unfortunate women known as devadasis are ensnared in Hinduism's notorious temple prostitution. Hindu parents often dedicate their young ...

BENGALURU: Despite circular issued to various government departments, Devadasi system-affected mothers and their children face the brunt of compulsorily including father’s or husband’s names in all ...

Former devadasis are emerging as organisers, educators, and community leaders, reshaping rural power structures even as social prejudice continues to shadow their lives. Economic and educational ...

Dedicated to an Indian goddess as a child, Huvakka Bhimappa's years of sexual servitude began when her uncle took her virginity, raping her in exchange for a saree and some jewelry. Bhimappa was not ...