It is a misconception that prostitution is illegal in India. However, keeping brothels and pimping is illegal. Look at the map given below from Wikipedia. read more
Prostitution (the exchange of sexual services for money) is legal in India. A number of related activities including soliciting in a public place, kerb crawling, owning or managing a brothel, prostitution in a hotel, child prostitution, pimping and pandering are illegal. read more