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‘The Devadasi and the Saint’ is the biography of Bengaluru Nagarathnamma written by V Sriram. |
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Radhika Santwanam (Appeasing Radhika) written by devadasi Muddupalani, a courtesan attached to the court of Pratapasimha, one of the Nayaka kings of Thanjavur, was banned for its erotic content. |
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Muddupalani, who lived between 1730 and 1790, was the granddaughter of the court dancer Tanjanayaki and the daughter of another talented courtesan Rama Vadhuti. |
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