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Who among the following were the supporters of the devadasi system and those who opposed it and those who wanted to reform it:

Balasaraswati, Rukmini Devi, Veeresalingam, Bhagya Reddy Varma, Krishna Iyer, Bangalore Nagaratnamma.


Devadasi system is a religious practice in parts of southern India, including Andhra Pradesh, whereby parents marry a daughter to a deity or a temple.


Balasaraswati, Rukmini Devi, Krishna Iyer, and Nagaratnamma were the supporters of the devadasi system and wanted to reform it.


Veeresalingam and Bhagya Reddy Varma opposed it.


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