The women are called devadasi who are married to the god. Later things got worse.

It is an ancient practice began in the sixth-seventh century. Under this practice, virgin girls were given a marriage with God in the name of religion and were donated to the temples. Parents used to marry their daughter to the god or temple.

The women are called devadasi who are married to the god. They had to live this way throughout life. Under Devadasi tradition, the upper caste women used to serve the God after dedicating themselves to the temple. To please the goddess, dances in the temples.

Her work is to take care of the temples and to learn dance and music. In the first society, they had a higher place, later things got worse.

You can see more here :
http://www.bmmguru.in/devadasi-jogini-servant-prostitutes-god-21st-century/

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