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             Thanks Santhaa Reddy for this thought provoking article. Till now I was also unaware of the actual background of the Devadasi. I was also under the impression that they are the prostitutes meant to serve the priests and other rulers.   For the first time I learnt that they were the women who had saved dance and musical traditions. I even heard that the great singers and dancers of south india, some of whom were successful in films, had come from the Devadasi tradition.   Thank again Reddy Ji,  G MANJU SAINATH __._,_.___        
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