Women in Modern India underwent a major change in their lives due to the various reform activities undertaken for their upliftment. Emergence of Womens Organisations in India was largely a result of the spread of education and awareness in the society. The organisations fought for and represented womens causes. Devadasi is an ancient system of marrying young girls to Gods. This system persists even today in all parts of India but most prevalent in the south. Condition of Women in India through Ages has witnessed several wax and wanes. Strenuous efforts through ages have helped women to achieve a respectable position in the society. Purdah System was a way to keep away the women from the reach of public gaze Women in Ancient India had an equal position like that of a man as per the different literary sources such as a class of Sanskrit literature, Indian Puranas, and epics. |