[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam) › Figure # Figure This voluptuously carved figure, elaborately dressed with an ornate headers and magnificent coiffure, is a splendid representation of devadasi ('slave of god'), the professional caste of temple servants who, alongside the brahmin priests, attended to the needs of the deity. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1700–1800 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-95-1987](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-95-1987) · Pramāṇa