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BBC documentary on contemporary devadasi practices: Sex, Death and the Gods http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL67d0-82PA. Accessed October 22, 2013. BBC

Dance performance of Balasaraswati, documented by Satyajit Ray: Bala (1976) - Satyajit Ray Documentary on T. Balasaraswati http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak_a1RJ2DZc. Accessed October 22, 2013.

Dance performance of Kumari Kamala, documented by India film division: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL1hsfInhIc Accessed October 22, 2013.

The documentary of M.S. Subbulakshmi, documented by India film division: Part, 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6S0mfHEpKw Accessed October 22, 2013.

Part, 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OtOyMfGD10&list=PLZN9KGi5w_42SYiWC6Oxlr_ RXBj1iUDgH Accessed October 22, 2013.

Part, 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX0ImW1G52k&index=2&list=PLZN9KGi5w_42SYi WC6Oxlr_RXBj1iUDgH Accessed October 22, 2013.

Part, 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IWao8cxVRw&list=PLZN9KGi5w_42SYiWC6Oxlr_ RXBj1iUDgH&index=1 Accessed October 22, 2013.

Glossary :

Epigraphical : pertaining to inscriptions on buildings, coins or statues , or a short quotation introducing a book or chapter

Phenomenon : a fact or situation that happens or exists, a remarkable person or thing.

Posthumous : happening after death, like a posthumous award

Euphemistic : less direct word used instead of one that is harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant, a diplomatic way of saying something unpleaseant

Ethnography : scientific description of peoples and cultures

Puberty : the time at which children become sexually adult and become capable of having children.

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