Talk:Devadasi

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[edit] Pending restructure

It doesn't make much sense to talk about the 'historical' meaning of devadasi before the current meaning. I soon will restructure the article to make sense. This article will first say what 'devadasi' is (cult prostitution), and then talk about its history (dancers or whatever). While I remember letting the current setup be to attempt compromise with fundamentalist whitewashers, I can no longer accept this illogical structure. Right now this article tries to work around admitting that this is cult prostitution, but soon it will be brought back in line with reality. The Behnam 14:48, 15 June 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Devadasi references

Multiple sock puppets are adding false references about devadais in this article. Devadasi phenomenon was an offshoot of old Hindu kingdoms in India. The phenomenon has ceased to exist for since 1925 AD. So everything in this article refers to the past not present.

The following IP addresses may be sock puppets of a single user using an anonymizing website for making edits.

[edit] Anonymized vandalism

All the following edits are coming via an anonymizer website.

MarkPC (talk) 01:08, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

MarkPC (talk) 01:09, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

MarkPC (talk) 01:48, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

MarkPC (talk) 03:55, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reference describes the social status of Kaikolar Devadasis

The Erotic Sculptures of India, Y. Krishan, Artibus Asiae, Vol. 34, No. 4 (1972), pp. 331-343 provides references that describe the social status of Kaikolar women in India. The author explains how the Kaikolar Devadasi could never become a widow as she was considered to be married to the temple deity. Moreover the beads in her tali (thread worn by married Hindu women) were considered to bring good luck to women. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.73.138.77 (talk) 03:45, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] New users should not revert article before discussing on the talk page

Keep the focus of the article.

MarkPC (talk) 13:52, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] MarkPC is a sock of banned user

This user has created this account for the sole purpose of edit warring on this article. User has also been using multiple socks and ips across other articles in the past. Youonlylivetwice (talk) 14:59, 22 February 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Added academic source for the funeral procedures of Kaikolar devadasi

The book South Asian Social Scientist By South Asian Social Science Association, Department of Anthropology, University of Madras says that when a Kaikolar devadasi died, her body was covered with a new cloth removed from the idol, and flowers were supplied from the temple to which she belonged. No puja was performed in the temple until the body was disposed of. Here is a snippet view to the page in the book [1]. Youonlylivetwice (talk) 15:18, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Heavy pushing of POV by MarkPC (talk · contribs) who has been edit-warring with multiple independent editors trying to push POV

MarkPC (talk · contribs) has been reverting the edits of multiple editors from day one. This is evident from his contributions. All the ips that he has been accusing above have been proven as not an open proxy. In [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], he has listed multiple ips and has reverted edits by multiple users shown by his edits: [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16]

Proof that the ips are not open proxies: 1. 72.179.51.5 not an open proxy. proof: [17] 2. 59.106.138.10 not an open proxy. proof: [18] 3. 220.227.178.18 not an open proxy. proof: [19] 4. 64.73.138.77 not an open proxy. proof: [20] 5. 162.42.207.34 not an open proxy. proof: [21] 6. 202.134.73.50 not an open proxy. proof: [22]

MarkPC (talk · contribs) has been edit-warring and was warned by multiple editors and admins. He almost got banned but somehow seems to have slipped through the net. MarkPC (talk · contribs) is definitely a sock of a banned user Mudaliar (talk · contribs)/ Venki123 (talk · contribs) (see [23]) who has been making disruptive edits to article Devadasi. This id has been created for the sole purpose of edit-warring: a quick review of his contributions would reveal this. Youonlylivetwice (talk) 06:16, 26 February 2008 (UTC)