Nityasumangali
by S.C. Kersenboom

In this book the author has first investigated the concept of the devadasi as found in the cultural history of South India, especialy in Tamil Nadu. Hereafter the function and form of the devadasi tradition are examined within the Temple Ritual of Tamil Nadu. This is not the study of the fact of the devadasi tradition, but of its meaning and the mode of production of that meaning. Saskia C.Kersenboom, Studied Indologiy aat the university of Utrecht (Holland). She obtained her Ph.D. in Dravidology under the guidence of Prof. Dr. K.V.Zzvelebil. She is trained in Classical Bharatnatyam by Smt. Nandini Ramani and studied Karnatic vocal music with Sri B. KrishnamoorthyShe is Profesor of Linguistic Anthropology and is a guest-teacher at several conservatories and Ballet Academies in Holland.