# Servants Of The Goddess

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- Authors: [Catherine Rubin Kermorgant](https://www.bookquiver.com/catherine-rubin-kermorgant)
- Language: en_IN
- Published: 2014-02-01

## Description

Servants of the Goddess weaves together the heartbreaking, yet paradoxically life-affirming stories of five devadasis—women, in the clutches of an ancient fertility cult, forced to serve the gods. Catherine Rubin Kermorgant sets out attempting to make a documentary film about the lives of present-day devadasis. Through her, we meet and get to know the devadasi women of Kalyana, a remote village in Karnataka. As they grow to trust Kermorgant and welcome her as an honorary sister, we hear their stories in their own words: stories of oppression, discrimination, violence and, most importantly, resilience. Kermorgant becomes a part of these stories and finds herself unwittingly enmeshed in a world of gender and caste bias which extends far beyond Kalyana—all the way to Paris, where the documentary is to be edited and produced. Servants of the Goddess is a testament to women’s strength and spirit, and a remarkably astute analysis of gender and caste relations in today’s rural India.

## Editions

### Servants Of The Goddess

- Publisher: vintage_books
- ISBN: 978-81-8400-462-5
- Pages: 408
- Published: 2014-02-01
- Language: en_IN