Row 1749

Row ID: 1749 | Dataset Entry | Axioma AXP Content Repository

Content Data

This page contains data entry 1749 from the Axioma AXP content repository. The structured data below represents the complete record for this entry.

All of you know about Lata Mangeshkar right, her beautiful voice will always remain in our hearts, but did you know that her art form has links to the Dev-Dasi pratha.

Mangeshi temple in Goa is the Temple where her family finds her roots to, Lata Mangeshkar's Father served in that temple as his hereditary duty, his Mother Yasu Bai Rane belonged to that temple's Dev Dasi community, she was also called Kalavantin because of her great artistic skills, he learned it from his mother and then passed it down to Lata.

In those days the country was under British occupation and they categorised Dev Dasi Pratha as prostitution, however because Goa was a Portuguese Colony it still prevailed

So what actually is Dev Dasi Pratha?

They were the Maidens of gods who showed their devotion to the deity by the form of devotional singing and dancing, it's earliest records are from 6th century AD in Kasari Dynasty, the Queen of that Dynasty decided that the highly skilled and talented women of the country should only dedicate their talent to the deity by getting married to the deity, their duties revolved around the temple and some scholars also say that the most popular dance form Bharat natyam also has it's roots in the Dev Dasi Pratha, many kings and wealth people of those days by good will donated to the Dev Dasis and become their Patreons which was considered an extremely Nobel work.

So How did it went all wrong?

As the Foreign invaders attacked and destroyed the Temples the Dev Dasis lost their funding and Patreons, due to lack of financial support the Wealthy people of those days bought the Dev Dasis and the Children they had were re-offered to the Temples while the Boys were trained as Musicians.

As this corruption prevailed those women were looked down upon as unchaste and the Britishers couldn't accept women having artistic vision, they termed them as prostitutes, this allowed them to portray India as a savage country to justify their rule over it

Fast-forward to today, it has become an exploitation of a gender coming from the backwards part of our country and has caused mass suffering that can't be denied, it's a shame that such a respectable and beautiful heritage has turned out to be such a grotesque practice, and gives us a lesson that why are the Temples of India are so important and how their destruction had led to such loss of respectable women to this.

Source of this information: https://youtu.be/xlS1s_BDsJs

FieldValue
text All of you know about Lata Mangeshkar right, her beautiful voice will always remain in our hearts, but did you know that her art form has links to the Dev-Dasi pratha. Mangeshi temple in Goa is the Temple where her family finds her roots to, Lata Mangeshkar's Father served in that temple as his hereditary duty, his Mother Yasu Bai Rane belonged to that temple's Dev Dasi community, she was also called Kalavantin because of her great artistic skills, he learned it from his mother and then passed …
label r/indiarwresources
dataType post
communityName r/IndiaRWResources
datetime 2023-03-04
username_encoded Z0FBQUFBQm5Lakwwb25zLU1XYUZtT1FlVlhPbHFNcHhNNkpOaUxQV3JYVEtVSmZLWDhMdVRHTzZENGpwTlczWWN3N0tabEVLVVctbHhXZ3MwR2tGMkh2cTNaR1Fzdk5yRHc9PQ==
url_encoded Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9EU3Vxc0FYSHJMZ3hELUhwMm5NSnNCUDVPZHlLcGNPaXJmX1NTSXEyS3RuTl9vLV9DdHUyN05nYzVtZ3ZJcC1uaTJnYVVXZHNUX2ZWTmQ1MmVUVjZ4QnBZTG9VM1hBdEEzRVpmQUt4d0tUU1h4WEx2RUQ2WG9KMEFoeUp2S0N2QUItOWJPVDBJU1VoSDlhUk1xLU52N2p3a1RBUkR5aDAzTXR0ZXd6Y3lkNm5zVVpDWnBwN1hhRXppMllSUE1rOHNs

Raw Record

{
  "text": "All of you know about Lata Mangeshkar right, her beautiful voice will always remain in our hearts, but did you know that her art form has links to the Dev-Dasi pratha.\n\nMangeshi temple in Goa is the Temple where her family finds her roots to, Lata Mangeshkar's Father served in that temple as his hereditary duty, his Mother Yasu Bai Rane belonged to that temple's Dev Dasi community, she was also called Kalavantin because of her great artistic skills, he learned it from his mother and then passed it down to Lata.\n\nIn those days the country was under British occupation and they categorised Dev Dasi Pratha as prostitution, however because Goa was a Portuguese Colony it still prevailed \n\nSo what actually is Dev Dasi Pratha?\n\nThey were the Maidens of gods who showed their devotion to the deity by the form of devotional singing and dancing, it's earliest records are from 6th century AD in Kasari Dynasty, the Queen of that Dynasty decided that the highly skilled and talented women of the country should only dedicate their talent to the deity by getting married to the deity, their duties revolved around the temple and some scholars also say that the most popular dance form Bharat natyam also has it's roots in the Dev Dasi Pratha, many kings and wealth people of those days by good will donated to the Dev Dasis and become their Patreons which was considered an extremely Nobel work.\n\nSo How did it went all wrong?\n\nAs the Foreign invaders attacked and destroyed the Temples the Dev Dasis lost their funding and Patreons, due to lack of financial support the Wealthy people of those days bought  the Dev Dasis and the Children they had were re-offered to the Temples while the Boys were trained as Musicians.\n\nAs this corruption prevailed those women were looked down upon as unchaste and the Britishers couldn't accept women having artistic vision, they termed them as prostitutes, this allowed them to  portray India as a savage country to justify their rule over it\n\nFast-forward to today, it has become an exploitation of a gender coming from the backwards part of our country and has caused mass suffering that can't be denied, it's a shame that such a respectable and beautiful heritage has turned out to be such a grotesque practice, and gives us a lesson that why are the Temples of India are so important and how their destruction had led to such loss of respectable women to this. \n\nSource of this information:\nhttps://youtu.be/xlS1s_BDsJs",
  "label": "r/indiarwresources",
  "dataType": "post",
  "communityName": "r/IndiaRWResources",
  "datetime": "2023-03-04",
  "username_encoded": "Z0FBQUFBQm5Lakwwb25zLU1XYUZtT1FlVlhPbHFNcHhNNkpOaUxQV3JYVEtVSmZLWDhMdVRHTzZENGpwTlczWWN3N0tabEVLVVctbHhXZ3MwR2tGMkh2cTNaR1Fzdk5yRHc9PQ==",
  "url_encoded": "Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9EU3Vxc0FYSHJMZ3hELUhwMm5NSnNCUDVPZHlLcGNPaXJmX1NTSXEyS3RuTl9vLV9DdHUyN05nYzVtZ3ZJcC1uaTJnYVVXZHNUX2ZWTmQ1MmVUVjZ4QnBZTG9VM1hBdEEzRVpmQUt4d0tUU1h4WEx2RUQ2WG9KMEFoeUp2S0N2QUItOWJPVDBJU1VoSDlhUk1xLU52N2p3a1RBUkR5aDAzTXR0ZXd6Y3lkNm5zVVpDWnBwN1hhRXppMllSUE1rOHNs"
}
Explore Dataset Explore Row

Entry Information