دواداسی

Key facts

Organization.name

Devadasi

Organization.native_name

Female servant of a god

Organization.image

Tanjore sadir temple dancer Gnyana seated - L’Ancien musee des colonies, Fedor Jagor, ca. 1850.jpg

Organization.image_size

175px

Organization.caption

Devadasi named Gnyana of Tanjore, 19th century

Organization.formation

around Gupta period

Organization.type

Temple priestess

Organization.headquarters

no central authority

Organization.region_served

Indian Subcontinent

Organization.num_members

44,000 to 250,000 (2006)

Organization.leader_title

Ministry

Organization.leader_name

Temple services (including rituals, music, dance)

via Wikipedia infobox