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Colours of Koovagam

T ransgender people are also known as  'Hijras' . They've always been subject to mockery and are objectified. Most of them spend their life by begging or being a sex slave. Transpersons aren't successful in gaining respect and recognition from other people.  Koovagam Village  of  Ullndurpettai , Tamil Nadu, celebrates India's biggest transgender festival that is the  Koovagam Festival.   This  village is also the abode of deity  Aravana. Aravana  or  Iravan  is the God of transgenders who was born before marriage to its parents   Arjuna  and   Ulupi.  He was the one who sacrificed himself to Lordess Kali on the 18th day of the Mahabharata war to make Pandavas conquer the battle. Aravana desired not to die unmarried and since he was about to die the next day, women refused to marry him. They were scared of widowhood and the post-life turmoils from the next day of marriage. However, Krishna in  ...