Woo May Hoe, 52, was handed 50 charges by Singaporean prosecutors on Thursday. These included swindling her devotees of millions of dollars in supposed donations. Singaporean prosecutors have slapped ...

Huvakka Bhimappa, along with other former 'devadasis' women who were dedicated by their families to the Hindu Goddess Yellamma Devi, cleanse themselves in a pond ...

Indian mythology, which is based on the Vedas, Puranas, and epics such as the Ramayana and Mahabharata, portrays women in a ...

A two-year-old girl chosen as Nepal’s new living goddess was carried by family members from their home in a Kathmandu alley to a temple palace Tuesday during the country’s longest and most significant ...

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Dedicated to an Indian goddess as a child, Huvakka Bhimappa's years of sexual servitude began when her uncle took her virginity, raping her in exchange for a saree and some jewelry. Bhimappa was not ...

The women who lived as sex slaves to an Indian goddess ...