Devadasi

Kendrapara: In keeping with tradition, Devadasi Janha Dasi will dance during the Rath Yatra of Baladevjew Temple at Ichhapur this year. She is a regular visitor to the temple.…

Among the 36 different services (seva) offered to the Lord, the rituals performed by Devadasis, also known as Maharis, was the only category where women were allowed to serve Lord Jagannath.…