LSE4328494 Bayaderes (or devadasi), originally servants of the deities, these young girls dedicated to a temple received a certain education, especially the mastery of dance and enjoyed certain privileges, but their status evolua as waitresses of the Brahman and with the degradation of morals, they became almost prostitutes, here, dancing at Haiderabad, Pakistan. Engraving to illustrate the voyage in the meridional provinces of India, by Alfred Grandidier, in 1862-1864, published in ??????le tour du monde?????? under the direction of D\'Edouard Charton, Hachette, Paris 1869.Selva Collection. by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bayaderes (or devadasi), originally servants of the deities, these young girls dedicated to a temple received a certain education, especially the mastery of dance and enjoyed certain privileges, but their status evolua as waitresses of the Brahman and with the degradation of morals, they became almost prostitutes, here, dancing at Haiderabad, Pakistan. Engraving to illustrate the voyage in the meridional provinces of India, by Alfred Grandidier, in 1862-1864, published in ??????le tour du monde?????? under the direction of D\'Edouard Charton, Hachette, Paris 1869.Selva Collection.); Photo by Leonard de Selva.