Quli qutub shah and bhagmati anushka

Though the locals tried to continue the tradition, temples found it difficult to bear the expenditure of maintaining devadasis and many of the women were forced to take to prostitution in order to survive. With the arrival of European travellers, who made no distinction between devadasis and regular dancing girls, the position of devadasis in the kingdom of Golconda further deteriorated, even though they could read, write and sing as well as dance.

The Devadasi system was exploited to the maximum during the medieval ages under an aggressive feudal hierarchy. The caste of Bhogamwar in the tracts around the Coromandel coast specialised in music, song and dance. Even so, Mughal chroniclers, who were prejudiced against all Deccan kingdoms due to an imperialistic snobbery, maligned Bhagmati by calling her a fahisha or a patare, which in simple terms meant whore or prostitute.

At least two historians believed that Bhagmati belonged to the Arundhatiya community, which categorised itself as shudras and offered girls to the local temples as devadasis. Since Chinchlam, where Muhammad Quli first encountered Bhagmati, was a place where the cult of Mathangi, as per the religious custom of shudras, dedicated girls to temples as devadasis, it is almost certain that Bhagmati was from this community.

APH Publishing Corporation. ISBN The tiff continues". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 16 December The Hindu. Did Muhammad Quli really meet Bhagmati at the spot where the Charminar stands? Perhaps not. But I would like to believe it. But Hyderabad came to be built in , and the story lives on in the name Bhagnagar which is still used by the mercantile class in Old City.

And in Talab Katta, inside the compound wall of a house of a pehelwan, there is a mysterious tomb that is believed to be the grave of Bhagmati. Is it really her grave? We never know. A generation of Hyderabadis has been brought up on this lore. But, was it all real or a figment of the imagination? There is no trace of her grave either.

The talk organized under the auspices of the Historical Society of Hyderabad at the Salar Jung Museum drew many historians and scholars. While a big question mark hung on the very existence of Bhagmati, there were no doubts about other courtesans like Premamati and Taramati, since material evidence was available about them. This article is overall very illuminating.

I agree with most of your conclusions that the Hindutva groups are just playing politics over a heritage structure.

Quli qutub shah and bhagmati anushka

I wonder how most left of center forums end up discovering castes and classes even when none exist. The film depicted love as essence of our existence beyond the barriers of caste creed and religion… four hundred years back this relationship laid foundations for our peaceful coexistence and beauty of process of life … Film has exceptional thought and way beyond the trivial films made in present day film makers.

The time in-terms of past ,present and future has been handled well.. Did Ibrahim Quli Qutub Shah approve of their love instantly? How far is it true? Sandy The Mughals and the Adil Shahi Qutub Shahi kings were mostly at logger heads with each other so I see little possibility of Quli Shah turning to Akbar and requesting him to intervene in this familial dispute.

We are talking of the 16th century and in the absence of roads and a couple of mountain ranges and several roads to cross this would not be a practical solution. First published in Terrascape. Like Loading There are many such stories but the point you are trying to make through such rhetorical questions escapes me completely Like Like.

Thanks for the beautiful story about the naming of Hyderabad. We are talking of the 16th century and in the absence of roads and a couple of mountain ranges and several roads to cross this would not be a practical solution Like Like. This is interesting!! This might be helpful to the people those who wanna explore more. We look forward to your comments.

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