Usha, 27, who is also from the Madiga caste, from Vaddarahalli village in Hosapete taluk, is the daughter of a devadasi. A salient feature of the 2025 Act that sets it apart from the previous Act (the 1982 Act and the 2010 Amendment) is that it aims for the total abolition of the devadasi system in Karnataka. Aiming to improve vigilance and implementation, the 2025 Act also establishes multi-tier committees at the taluk, district, and State levels. There were clauses pertaining to prohibition but there was nothing about rehabilitation and about devadasi children. The 2025 Devadasi Act is the result of 10 years of struggles of the devadasi community and I never expected that our struggle would bear fruit.