Empowered Women Part-1 Great Women Poetess and Harisdasi of Karnataka --Harapanahalli Bhimavva and Helavanakatte Giriyamma
Introduction: Come March, every woman is waiting for celebration of Women's Day! While reading about great women scholars, poetess and rulers of India, I came across two women and their contribution to the Haridasa Movement in Karnataka. They were Harapanahalli Bheemavva 1822-1903 A. D and Helavanakatte Giriyamma 1750A.D. in eighteenth century. They were well known women poetess of Hardidasa movement. In fact proud Women Poetess of Karnataka Bhakthi Movement or so called Haridasa movement. Women of today are still striving hard to be accepted on par with men in spite of education, exposure, opportunities and legal assurance. One can image the life of women who were blessed with good intellect and caliber stood up to the test of time when women in general were accepted on par with men, no education rigidity in the society rules and norms, ill treatment to women, lots of impositions on dos and don'ts. I call them as real empowered women. Here, I a...