Sociological study on devadasi children (With special reference to ballari district) Shyamaraja T.*, Dr chandrashekar E** *Research scholar, Dept of sociology, KUVEMPU university, Shankaraghat **Asst professor, Dept of sociology, KUVEMPU university, gnana sahyadri, shankaraghatta Online published on 1 August, 2019. Abstract Its been long back devadasi practice has been outlawed and the system is slowly out of the eyes or declining. Devadasi practice is not only a social evil but also a social stigma and heinous practice of India specifically in south India, more than 6 states largely practicing this hilarious culture from the centuries. For instance Karnataka, Andra pradesh, Maharashtra, Kerala, Goa, Tamilu nadu, Orissa, with different names as Devadasi, basavi, muralis, jogathi, Kuddikars etc, simply we can define devadasi as “servant of god,” in particular “a girl before crossing her puberty she dedicate to a deity or god and lives without marriage rest of her life. Though the practice is outlawed, some reports reveal that the dedication takes place secretly. The practice itself considered as social evil and many social reformist, and activists fight against the system and try to abolish, at the same time no one try to understand the miserable life of devadasi children and their social life, economic status, educational background. However the present study intends to throw light on this special children of the society. Children of devadasis are the outcome of ignorance, lack of cultural background, and lack of their father identity. They are living in a pain full life, frustrated in daily routine leading vulnerable life, therefore the present study try to understand socio economic life of devadasi children, With keeping the following objectives: 1. To asses the socio-economic status of devadasi children 2. To understand the problems and challenges of devadasi children in the study area 3. To analyze the educational background of devadasi children. As purpose of the study 100 adult respondents (age above 18) were taken from Bellary district of Karnataka state using simple random sampling method. Top Keywords Devadasi, miserable, heinous, children. Top |