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Devadasi:An illogical devotion

THEY SAY WHEN WOMEN GO WRONG ,MEN GO RIGHT AFTER THAT.WHAT HAPPENS TO THE SOCIETY WHERE A GIRL IS JUST LIKE THAT DEDICATED TO THE CRUELEST CLAWS IN THE NAME 0F GOD ? WILL GOD REALLY COME AND LOOK ALL THE PROBLEMS AND SORROWNESS OF THE DEDICATED WOMEN ? NO,ATLEAST I HAVE NOT COME ACROSS SUCH SCENES .GODS ARE BELIEVED TO BE LIVED IN BEAUTIFUL ARCHITECHERED TEMPLE BUT THESE WOMENS LIVE IN THE UGLIEST SOCIETY WHICH CALLS THEM A SLUT .

DEVADSI SYSTEM IS NOT NEW TO OUR SOCIETY.FROM DECADES,PEOPLE BELIEVED THIS SYSYEM AND PRACTICED NORMALY. WE MUST BELIEVE THIS SUPERSTITIONS ARE SIDE EFFECTS OF ILLETERACY. OUR SOCIETY HAS BEEN PRACTICED TO RESPECT WOMEN IN ALL THE FORMS SINCE LONG BACK .BUT ALL THESE VALUES ARE DECREASING WITH THE RISE OF SUPERSTITIONS AND STERIOTYPES. THE VERY FIRST IDEA OF DEDICATING WOMENS IS THAT THEY ARE WOMENS .IN A ARTICLE’ ON DEVADASI’ WRITTEN BY WILLIAM DALRYMPLE, HE GIVES THE INSTANCE OF TWO DEVADASI WHERE THEY SHARE THERE HEARTS OUTS WITH ALL THE BREAKTHROUGHS THEY COME ACROSS

THE COMBINATION OF DEVOTION AND DEVADASI MEETS HIGHLY IN THE SAUNDATTI A VILLAGE IN KARNATAKA.PEOPLE BELIEVE THE DIVINITY OF RENUKA YELLAMMMA ,THE GODESS WHICH SHOWS THE STRONG BEHAVIOUR OF WOMEN IN THE HISTORY .WHICH IS WHY DEVADASI,S ARE CONSIDERED AS THE STRONGEST WOMEN BOTH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY. YES ITS ALSO TRUE THAT THEY NEED A STRONG WILL TO STAND UP IN THIS SOCIETY WHICH DISRESPECTS THEM BY ALL MEANS . WHILE SPEAKING ABOUT THE ILL EFFECTS OF THIS SYSTEM WE SHOULD MENTION THAT THEY AND THEIR CHILDREN OF UNKNOWN FATHER FACES SO MANY HUMILIATION. CHILDREN GO BLANK WHEN THEY ARE ASKED ABOUT THEIR FATHER,BE IT A PERSON OR A DOCUMENT WHICH ASKS THE PAIN REMAINS SAME .

WHILE SEARCHING THE ANSWERS FOR THIS WAY OUT THE FIRST THING IS EDUCATING THE MINDS OF PEOPLE .PROVIDING THEM WITH THE SUFFICIENT INFORMATION REGARDING THE RIGHT TO EQUAITY AND OTHER EMPLOYMENT WAYS .THE FACT IS THAT THERE ARE SO MANY PROHIBITIIONS AGAINST THIS SYSTEM BUT DO THEY REALY REACH THE RED LIGHTS IN THE TOWN . WE DONT WANT OUR SOCIETY TO BE AN ILLOGICAL ONE .HOW LOGICAL IS DEDICATING A WOMEN TO GOD ONLY BECAUSE THE FAMILY CANT AFFORD TO PROVIDE SHELTER .EVERYONE IN THIS WORLD WANTS TO BE PROTECTED .IN THE ERA OF PROTECTING OUR LIVES THROUGH LIFE INSURANCES, WHO PROVIDES PROTECTION FOR THOSE WOMENS .THIS IS THE HIGH TIME FOR US TO STAND UP TOGETHER AND FIGHTING THIS SYSTEM AWAY .WE SHALL START EDUCATING PEOPLE TO LIVE THEIR LIFE EQUALLY,LOGICALY AND LOVELY .

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By Manish Suresh

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