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Among scholarly papers, Joep Bor and Tiziana Leucci’s original research on “The European Performances of Five Devadasis in 1838 and 1839” traced the 18-month journey of these first devadasis, brought to France from a Vishnu temple in Pondicherry by impresario E.C. Tardivel. They danced for the French royal family, becoming “instant celebrities.” Bor and Leucci quoted from newspaper reviews of the time, both complimentary and derogatory: “they dance not only with the feet but the whole body”; “they speak a language in their dance resembling that of the deaf and dumb in gestures.”
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Davesh Soneji discussed the javali’s origins as “a musical and literary form” in the 19th century Mysore court. Many javali composers, noted Soneji, were in the colonial Civil Service as clerks or postal workers. Soneji used the words “devadasi/ courtesan” interchangeably in order to assert solidarity between South and North Indian artists and their monumental service in preserving the arts.

See the full article from “The Hindu”