Section 3(3) in Telangana Devadasis (Prohibition of Dedication) Rules, 2016
3.2Any custom or usage, prevailing in any Hindu, such as the Bogum, Kalavanthulu, Sani, Nagavasulu, Devadasi, Kurmapulu, Basavi, Jogini, Mathamma and Parvathi and the like, that a woman of that community who gives or takes part in any melam (notch) dancing or music performance in the course of any procession or otherwise is thereby regarded as having adopted a life of prostitution and becomes incapable or entering into a valid marriage, and the performance of any ceremony of act in accordance with any such custom or usage, whether before or after the commencement of this Act and whether the woman concerned has consented to such performance or not are hereby declared unlawful and void.
