Design Journey
In 2007 Ganga Devi and her sister Jamuna, started a successful fashion designing business in Florida. A foundational part of their business was giving back to widows and children in India, by empowering women who normally wouldn't have had work opportunities and hiring them for different sewing projects. All of the proceeds from these projects went towards sponsoring education for girls in Vrindavan, India. Some years they would collect winter clothes from their own communities and distribute them to widows and those in need.
Embracing her upbringing and culture of being half-Indian / half-Italian, Ganga Devi continues ethical practices by designing unique, one of a kind collection pieces through her slow fashion label, Devī.
Devī Shop ~ where your body & home are draped in sacred beauty.
Devī Shop
Dance Journey
Choreographing, performing and teaching in over ten countries across five continents, Ganga Devi enriches her art by combining the sacred disciplines of Odissi, yoga and the Bhakti tradition into which she was born. Having immersed herself in the core aspects of South Asian Dance for over two decades, she studied intensively under the direct guidance of the most renowned Odissi gurus of our era. Ganga Devi is a graduate of Odissi studies (2012), certified Dance in Medicine practitioner (2019) & yoga teacher (2010, 2020). She graduated with a BA in dance, training in Dance & Movement Therapy from the University of Florida (BA 2019). As a dance teacher Ganga Devi is dedicated to offering both her audiences and her students a unique, holistic approach to Odissi by bridging Eastern and Western techniques and exploring the spiritual and physical philosophy behind the dance. She has committed herself to preserving the art of Odissi by continuing to expand her understanding and appreciation of the body as a sacred space and movement as a spiritual practice. Ganga Devi currently lives in the countryside of Rome, with her partner in the beautiful gardens of Devī Kutir.
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Decorating Journey
A friend once asked Ganga Devi to decorate & plan her wedding, having a natural talent for creating beauty and sacred spaces, Ganga took this challenge as a fun adventure, hired a group of women-friends and set out to design, decorate and plan this special day.
Since then Ganga Devi has decorated and planned 30+ weddings & events, each ceremony having a unique mix of classic beauty and boho-Indian elements. Her work has been published in South Asian Bride Magazine and Maharani Weddings.