17. Role of Self-respect Movementin the Abolition of Devadasi System
Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: The Self-Respect Movement, founded in Tamil Nadu in 1925 by E.V. Ramasamy (Periyar), was a significant social reform initiative focused on establishing dignity for the disadvantaged by challenging caste-based hierarchy, promoting rationalism, advancing women's rights, and fostering an egalitarian society free from Brahminical dominance. The movement utilized periodicals like Kudiarasu to spread its ideology and advocated for self-respect marriages, property rights for women, and inter-caste marriages. The Devadasi system, which involved young women dedicating their lives to temples and often forced into prostitution, was considered a severe social evil and exploitation. Through Kudiarasu and Self Respect Movement Periyar struggled for the welfare of the women and the society.
Author: MUTHTHARASI – Art Literary Culture Tamil Journal,Madurai.
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Reduced inequalities
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7084047156
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