Saturday, March 1, 2014

Devadasi at Puri Temple - A History

Devadasi means a girl remains unmarried throughout her life to the end.In previous period devadasi can do the special occasion on the temple  by singing or dancing in the night. Only a girl became the devadasi for his god.Married to lord jagannath

They never to be widowed .It is a part of tradition before thousands  year ago.

Devadasi wore the traditional saree like khandua pata or bomkai saree to dance .specially in odisha devadasi only perform the odissi dance. After the devadasi  dance performance end then the lord goes to sleep.
Now in 21st century only two devadasi survived.

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