DEVADASI's portrayed as TEMPLE PROSTITUTES BY CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES LIKE AMY CARMICHEL
M.S.Subbalakshmi,'s mother was from the DEVADASI
community !!!!
One of the book reviews in today's The Hindu (05/08/2014) is about "NAUTCH-GIRLS'. The degraded version of their performance in modern- times is in the Dance-bars of Mumbai.
Excerpts from the review " The book traces the social downfall of the courtesans who were once patronised by royalty and enjoyed considerable influence. Their decline began in the colonial era during which the census identified them in negative ways, classifying them as prostitutes. Then came laws meant to protect British officers from venereal disease. This included laws providing for relocating courtesans outside the city’s borders. The Criminal Tribes Act which targeted nomadic tribes, also worked against them.
Yet the categorisation of “nautch” as a social evil continued even
after Independence with the performers targeted by obscenity regulations
and laws against soliciting and trafficking. The loss of princely
courts also threw many traditional performers into destitution and
prostitution. At the same time, classical dance forms saw the purge of
hereditary dancers and increasingly became the preserve of upper caste
“respectable women.” Link http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-bookreview/dancing-on-the-fringes-the-shadowy-world-of-courtesans/article6281901.ece
Similar description about Devadasis's is given in Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devadasi. But Amy Carmichel described this religio-cultural aspect of Hindus in vulgar terms. She
denounced this practice as "TEMPLE PROSTITUTION" through
which the priests made money. Chapter XXIV "Married to the God" of her
book, 'Things as They Are', refers obliquely to this. But this is made
explicit on Christian websites.
Refer to the folllowing Christian Website from UK one of many such sites relating to Amy Carmichel http://www.christianvoice.org.uk/index.php/heroes-of-faith/ .
M.S.Subbalakshmi,'s mother was from the DEVADASI
community !!!!
One of the book reviews in today's The Hindu (05/08/2014) is about "NAUTCH-GIRLS'. The degraded version of their performance in modern- times is in the Dance-bars of Mumbai.
Excerpts from the review " The book traces the social downfall of the courtesans who were once patronised by royalty and enjoyed considerable influence. Their decline began in the colonial era during which the census identified them in negative ways, classifying them as prostitutes. Then came laws meant to protect British officers from venereal disease. This included laws providing for relocating courtesans outside the city’s borders. The Criminal Tribes Act which targeted nomadic tribes, also worked against them.
Similar description about Devadasis's is given in Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devadasi. But Amy Carmichel described this religio-cultural aspect of Hindus in vulgar terms. She
Refer to the folllowing Christian Website from UK one of many such sites relating to Amy Carmichel http://www.christianvoice.org.uk/index.php/heroes-of-faith/ .
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