rETURN OF THE deVADASI

A Sacred Remembering of the Temple Dancer, Priestess and Embodiment of Shakti in Motion.
This is not for performance. 
This is not for another's entertainment.
This is ancestral remembrance in motion.

The Devadasi was not a dancer for kings - She was a priestess for the Goddess.

Her body was not for display, but for devotion.
Her dance was not for applause, but for transmission.

She moved not for approval, but for invocation.

Each gesture, each glance, each movement was a transmission from womb to world. Every step evoked memory, invoked divinity and echoed ancestral codes.

Devadasi evoked Shakti and carried stories of the divine through movement, songs and ritual. In her, polarities danced - from erotic sweetness of Lalita Tripura Sundari to the wild, untamed fire of Maa Kali.

But during colonisation, her sanctity was distorted. Her sacredness silenced. Her lineage dismantled.

And now, we return not as dancers for the gaze of others, but as vessels of sacred erotic power. As temple bodies who remember what the world tried to erase.

We reclaim ourselves from the gaze that objectified, from the shame seeded by patriarchy, and from the erasure carved by colonisation.

We do not dance to be watched. We move as prayer, as prophecy, as remembrance.

We are not here to be understood. We are here to awaken.

Not just as women - but as flame-bearers of Shakti. As daughters of the Goddess. As living altars of sensual devotion.

Why Reclaim the Codes of the Devadasi?

Because the temples are no longer made of stone - they are stirring in our bodies.

Because your hips remember hymns your tongue has never spoken.

Because what was silenced shame is now rising in devotion.

Because you feel the calling of your body remembering what your mind tells you is taboo.

To return to the Devadasi path is to reclaim:

  • Feminine sensuality as sacred, not sinful

  • The body as altar, every curve a prayer

  • Movement as medicine, not performance

  • Voice as invocation

  • Art as an offering - not for gaze, but for Shakti

EARLY-BIRD TICKETS CLOSE JULY 18

This is a South Asian women-only offering.
BIPOC women who feel deeply called are welcome to inquire.
9th August 6pm - Moss Studios Brunswick 
Full details Below

WHAT TO EXPECT:

This is a rite of passage to awaken the Devadasi within you who still sings in your hips, your hands and in the undulation of your spine. 
This return is Infused and woven with the living current of Lalita Tripura Sundari - the Devi of erotic intelligence, alchemical beauty and radiant sovereign love. 
She is the soft edge that seduces truth from the body. The whisper that turns shame into sacred power. The one who knows to be fully alive is to be fully expressed. 
In this temple space, we remember her not as fantasy - but as a living pulse in our hips, lips, and wombs. The Devadasi danced in devotion to her.  
Now so do we.

RETURN OF THE DEVADASI

What We Will Explore:

Blue Lotus Opening Ceremony

We begin with a sacred tea & oil ceremony using Blue Lotus, the ancient feminine flower of Sri Lanka — to soften the womb and awaken remembrance.

The Devadasi: Sacred History & Remembrance

Receive the untold transmission of the Devadasi lineage — not as history, but as living memory and ancestral presence. Honour the lost lineage and reclaim what is rising again.

Lalita Tripura Sundari Transmission

Devi of erotic wisdom, sacred beauty and sovereign love. We attune to her frequency through the body, where sensuality becomes a pathway to the divine.

Reawakening the Temple Body

Through gentle yet powerful somatic exploration, we will return to the hips, spine, hands, and feet as channels of Shakti. The body becomes the altar. Every gesture, a prayer.

Sensual Dance as Devotion

This is not performance. This is offering.

We move in ways that are rooted in the womb, guided by feeling, and free from external gaze. A remembrance of how the feminine moves when seen by the divine alone.

Your sensuality becomes sacred again, reclaimed from the gaze of objectification and shame of patriarchy.

Sacred Sound & Voice Activation

Explore mantra and womb-vocal release to awaken the vibrational memory held in your body and voice.

Closing Ritual: The Return

We end in ritual — with an offering to the Goddess and a circle of collective remembering.

EARLY-BIRD TICKETS CLOSE JULY 18

Saturday, August 9th 6-10pm 
Moss Studios Brunswick 
This is a South Asian women-only offering.
BIPOC women who feel deeply called are welcome to inquire.

  • This is for the South Asian woman who:

    — Feels the stirrings of something ancient in her womb, even if she can’t yet name it
    — Was taught to honour gods, but never her own body
    — Carries inherited shame around sensuality, pleasure, or desire
    — Wants to reclaim the sacredness of her body
    — Feels disconnected from her lineage
    — Is ready to honour the whispers of her ancestors through ritual
    — Has been silenced is now ready to rise

    This rite is for you if you feel the pull back to your roots, your power, and your body.

  • This is not about choreography, technique or performance.

    This is about remembering - how your hips pray, how your spine speaks, how your hands carry memory.

    If you have a body, you already have the temple.

    All movements are welcome. All expressions are sacred.

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    1. Sacred Responsibility

    This is a spiritual, embodiment-based rite that may bring up emotional, ancestral, or physical sensations. You agree to participate with full personal responsibility and discernment.

    2. Trauma Awareness

    This offering is not suitable for individuals currently experiencing active trauma, crisis-level emotional distress, or those needing clinical support. If this applies to you, we recommend joining at a later time when you feel more resourced and supported. This is not a therapeutic container.

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    This experience is not intended to diagnose, treat, or replace any form of medical, psychological, or therapeutic care. The facilitator is not acting as a licensed medical or mental health professional.

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    You may choose not to engage in any practice that doesn’t feel aligned. Your sovereignty is honoured at all times, and you are free to step away or return as needed.

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