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  • (The Sacrifice).Koovagam Festival.<br />
About 1 km away and close to the Kali Temple, the effigy of Lord Aravan is cut up and buried in a pit, As this is carried out, eunuchs (Hijras) break their bangles, remove their flowers that adorn them, cry with emotion and let their hair down, at the annual Festival for the Hijra community at  Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-120.jpg
  • (The Sacrifice).Koovagam Festival.<br />
About 1 km away and close to the Kali Temple, the effigy of Lord Aravan is cut up and buried in a pit, As this is carried out, eunuchs (Hijras) break their bangles, remove their flowers that adorn them, cry with emotion and let their hair down, at the annual Festival for the Hijra community at  Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-124.jpg
  • (The Sacrifice).Koovagam Festival.<br />
About 1 km away and close to the Kali Temple, the effigy of Lord Aravan is cut up and buried in a pit, As this is carried out, eunuchs (Hijras) break their bangles, remove their flowers that adorn them, cry with emotion and let their hair down, at the annual Festival for the Hijra community at  Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-121.jpg
  • (The Sacrifice).Koovagam Festival.<br />
About 1 km away and close to the Kali Temple, the effigy of Lord Aravan is cut up and buried in a pit, As this is carried out, eunuchs (Hijras) break their bangles, remove their flowers that adorn them, cry with emotion and let their hair down, at the annual Festival for the Hijra community at  Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-117_1.jpg
  • (The Sacrifice).Koovagam Festival.<br />
About 1 km away and close to the Kali Temple, the effigy of Lord Aravan is cut up and buried in a pit, As this is carried out, eunuchs (Hijras) break their bangles, remove their flowers that adorn them, cry with emotion and let their hair down, at the annual Festival for the Hijra community at  Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-118.jpg
  • Koovagam Festival.<br />
Portrait of a Hijra after having a bath at the Koovagam Festival, Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs137.jpg
  • (The Sacrifice).Koovagam Festival.<br />
About 1 km away and close to the Kali Temple, the effigy of Lord Aravan is cut up and buried in a pit, As this is carried out, eunuchs (Hijras) break their bangles, remove their flowers that adorn them, cry with emotion and let their hair down, at the annual Festival for the Hijra community at  Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-123.jpg
  • (The Sacrifice).Koovagam Festival.<br />
About 1 km away and close to the Kali Temple, the effigy of Lord Aravan is cut up and buried in a pit, As this is carried out, eunuchs (Hijras) break their bangles, remove their flowers that adorn them, cry with emotion and let their hair down, at the annual Festival for the Hijra community at  Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-112_1.jpg
  • Pilgrims and devotees at the festival, Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-175.jpg
  • Eunuch swimming in a irrigation tank the following morning after the festival , a ritual that's carried out by the eunuchs. Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-91.jpg
  • Renouncing their Marriage.<br />
Near the Kali Temple is a trident . In a final act of despondency the Mourners cut their Thalis tied at their mock wedding the previous evening, and throw them on the trident; renouncing their marriage , they then go down to the village irrigation tanks to bath one more . and change from their colourful wedding saris to "white", a colour of mourning among Hindus, proclaiming their new status as widows at the Koovagam Festival . Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs159.jpg
  • A penitent, with a dagger through his cheeks at the Koovagam Festival.<br />
 Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-154.jpg
  • A Hijra having a pottu applied to her forehead as a symbol of marriage to Lord Aravan at the Koovagam Festival , Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-54.jpg
  • Koovagam Festival.<br />
Hijras (Eunuchs) dancing and performing penances of one kind or another, The dances are of episodes from the "Mahabharata' , telling the story of Lord Aravan's sacrifice and Lord Krishna's transformation.<br />
Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-26.jpg
  • (The Sacrifice).Koovagam Festival.<br />
About 1 km away and close to the Kali Temple, the effigy of Lord Aravan is cut up and buried in a pit, As this is carried out, eunuchs (Hijras) break their bangles, remove their flowers that adorn them, cry with emotion and let their hair down, at the annual Festival for the Hijra community at  Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuch-122.jpg
  • Portrait of a young devotee at Munneswaram Festival
    Young Devotee_ Munneswaram Temple_ S...jpg
  • Portrait of Radhika, She is from Mumbai ( 24yrs ) escorted by her community and guru from Mumbai, at the final day of the festival.<br />
Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India<br />
Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs92_1.jpg
  • Eunuch afyer her bath at a  irrigation tank the following morning after the festival , a ritual that's carried out by the eunuchs. Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India, Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-148.jpg
  • Radhika with other eunuchs having a bath the day after the festival in one of the many irrigation tanks close to the temple, its a ritual they follow the next day , wearing a white  sari . Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India, Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-90.jpg
  • Hijras ( eunuchs ) at the  Koovagam Festival, Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-81-Edit.jpg
  • Koovagam Festival. <br />
Portrait of a Hijra after having a bath at the Koovagam Festival, Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunnuchs-153.jpg
  • Portrait of Radhika, She is from Mumbai ( 24yrs ) escorted by her community and guru from Mumbai, at the final day of the festival.<br />
Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India<br />
Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-174.jpg
  • Hijras from Mumbai attending the Koovagam Festival , Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-113.jpg
  • Renouncing their Marriage.<br />
Near the Kali Temple is a trident . In a final act of despondency the Mourners cut their Thalis tied at their mock wedding the previous evening, and throw them on the trident; renouncing their marriage , they then go down to the village irrigation tanks to bath one more . and change from their colourful wedding saris to "white", a colour of mourning among Hindus, proclaiming their new status as widows at the Koovagam Festival . Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-95.jpg
  • Renouncing their Marriage.<br />
Near the Kali Temple is a trident . In a final act of despondency the Mourners cut their Thalis tied at their mock wedding the previous evening, and throw them on the trident; renouncing their marriage , they then go down to the village irrigation tanks to bath one more . and change from their colourful wedding saris to "white", a colour of mourning among Hindus, proclaiming their new status as widows at the Koovagam Festival . Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-94.jpg
  • Renouncing their Marriage.<br />
Near the Kali Temple is a trident . In a final act of despondency the Mourners cut their Thalis tied at their mock wedding the previous evening, and throw them on the trident; renouncing their marriage , they then go down to the village irrigation tanks to bath one more . and change from their colourful wedding saris to "white", a colour of mourning among Hindus, proclaiming their new status as widows at the Koovagam Festival . Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-85.jpg
  • Renouncing their Marriage.<br />
Near the Kali Temple is a trident . In a final act of despondency the Mourners cut their Thalis tied at their mock wedding the previous evening, and throw them on the trident; renouncing their marriage , they then go down to the village irrigation tanks to bath one more . and change from their colourful wedding saris to "white", a colour of mourning among Hindus, proclaiming their new status as widows at the Koovagam Festival . Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-80.jpg
  • Koovagam Festival.<br />
Hijras (Eunuchs) dancing and performing penances of one kind or another, The dances are of episodes from the "Mahabharata' , telling the story of Lord Aravan's sacrifice and Lord Krishna's transformation.<br />
Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-68_1.jpg
  • Renouncing their Marriage.<br />
Near the Kali Temple is a trident . In a final act of despondency the Mourners cut their Thalis tied at their mock wedding the previous evening, and throw them on the trident; renouncing their marriage , they then go down to the village irrigation tanks to bath one more . and change from their colourful wedding saris to "white", a colour of mourning among Hindus, proclaiming their new status as widows at the Koovagam Festival . Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-29.jpg
  • Eunuchs at the  Koovagam Festival. Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-160.jpg
  • Koovagam Festival.<br />
Hijras (Eunuchs) dancing and performing penances of one kind or another, The dances are of episodes from the "Mahabharata' , telling the story of Lord Aravan's sacrifice and Lord Krishna's transformation.<br />
Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-108_1.jpg
  • Renouncing their Marriage.<br />
Near the Kali Temple is a trident . In a final act of despondency the Mourners cut their Thalis tied at their mock wedding the previous evening, and throw them on the trident; renouncing their marriage , they then go down to the village irrigation tanks to bath one more . and change from their colourful wedding saris to "white", a colour of mourning among Hindus, proclaiming their new status as widows at the Koovagam Festival . Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-96_1.jpg
  • Renouncing their Marriage.<br />
Near the Kali Temple is a trident . In a final act of despondency the Mourners cut their Thalis tied at their mock wedding the previous evening, and throw them on the trident; renouncing their marriage , they then go down to the village irrigation tanks to bath one more . and change from their colourful wedding saris to "white", a colour of mourning among Hindus, proclaiming their new status as widows at the Koovagam Festival . Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-93_1.jpg
  • Portrait of Radhika, She is from Mumbai ( 24yrs ) escorted by her community and guru from Mumbai, at the final day of the festival.Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-89.jpg
  • A Hijra (Eunuch) with her male Partner at the Koovagam Festival. Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-32.jpg
  • Hijras on their way home after attending the Koovagam Festival , Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-1.jpg
  • St. Anthony's Festival, Colombo
    nnual Feast Of St Athony's Church_ K...jpg
  • St. Anthony's Festival, Colombo
    Annual Festival of St Anthony's Chur...jpg
  • Portrait of a young devotee at Munneswaram Festival
    Tamil boy_ Munneswaram Festival_ Sri...jpg
  • St. Anthony's Festival, Colombo
    Annual Festival of St Anthony's Chur...jpg
  • Rifai faqirs at Kataragama Mosque & Shrine. During the Kataragama Festival bless devotees  and <br />
recite dua in Khidr Maqām. Kataragama Mosque
    _DSC7019.jpg
  • Incense, (Joss sticks) and candles on a altar to celebrate the Hungry Ghost Festival,  Georgetown, Penang Island, Malaysia
    Malaysia_14.jpg
  • Offerings of dumplings at the Hungry Ghost Festival, Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia
    Malaysia_11.jpg
  • Chinese street opera celebrating the Hungry Ghost Festival, Georgetown, Penang Island, Malaysia
    Malaysia_5.jpg
  • A paper Mache (Papier-mâché)  deity displayed at the Hungry Ghost Festival, George Town, Penang, Malaysia
    Malaysia_2.jpg
  • St. Anthony's Festival, Colombo
    Annual Festival of St Anthony's Chur...jpg
  • St. Anthony's Festival, Colombo
    Annual Festival of St Anthony's Chur...jpg
  • Anton catching up with old friends with  the Hijras from Mumbai in a hotel lobby,the eve of the Transgender Festival at Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-45.jpg
  • Koovagam Festival.<br />
Hijra (Eunuch) dancing and performing penances of one kind or another, The dances are of episodes from the "Mahabharata' , telling the story of Lord Aravan's sacrifice and Lord Krishna's transformation.<br />
Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchas-66.jpg
  • Chinese street opera celebrating the Hungry Ghost Festival, Georgetown, Penang Island, Malaysia
    Malaysia_10.jpg
  • Chinese street opera celebrating the Hungry Ghost Festival, Georgetown, Penang Island, Malaysia
    Malaysia_9.jpg
  • St. Anthony's Festival, Colombo
    Annual Festival of St Anthony's Chur...jpg
  • Plate of Chinese buns on an Altar as a offering to Deities at the the Hungry Ghost Festival in Chinatown, Singapore
    KCP_20090820_211740.jpg
  • Devotees lighting Incense, (joss sticks) to celebrate the  Hungry Ghost  Festival, Georgetown,  Penang, Malaysia
    Malaysia_16.jpg
  • Near the Kali Temple there is a Banyan tree  and which a trident is placed. Here devotees cut their thali and throw it on the trident is placed. Here devotees cut their thali and throw it on the trident, The thali is burnt  by the the priest( known as Poosari).<br />
  Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-125.jpg
  • Procession of Aranan Swamy.<br />
An effigy of the lord Aravan is made and placed on a chariot, It is taken around the village by the people of the village or the devotees.<br />
The effigy is 20 feet tall, made of wood and covered with straw and straw ropes , decorated by flowers and garlands. the effigy is colourfuly painted and Lord Aravan is made in the form of a brave warrior.<br />
, Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-102.jpg
  • Procession of Aranan Swamy.<br />
An effigy of the lord Aravan is made and placed on a chariot, It is taken around the village by the people of the village or the devotees.<br />
The effigy is 20 feet tall, made of wood and covered with straw and straw ropes , decorated by flowers and garlands. the effigy is colourfuly painted and Lord Aravan is made in the form of a brave warrior.<br />
, Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-99_1.jpg
  • Near the Kali Temple there is a Banyan tree and which a trident is placed. Here devotees cut their thali and throw it on the trident is placed. Here devotees cut their thali and throw it on the trident, The thali is burnt by the the priest( known as Poosari)., Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs126.jpg
  • Shri Koothandavar Temple, Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India<br />
Title:<br />
India - The Third Gender
    Eunuchs112.jpg
  • Musicians lead the procession of  Lord Aravan chariot, Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-178.jpg
  • A Hijra( eunuchs ) dancing at the Miss Koovagam Beauty contest for transgenders in India, Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India, Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    eunuchs-167.jpg
  • Procession of Aranan Swamy.<br />
An effigy of the lord Aravan is made and placed on a chariot, It is taken around the village by the people of the village or the devotees.<br />
The effigy is 20 feet tall, made of wood and covered with straw and straw ropes , decorated by flowers and garlands. the effigy is colourfuly painted and Lord Aravan is made in the form of a brave warrior.<br />
, Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-107.jpg
  • Musicians lead the procession of  Lord Aravan chariot, Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-103_1.jpg
  • Procession of Aranan Swamy.<br />
An effigy of the lord Aravan is made and placed on a chariot, It is taken around the village by the people of the village or the devotees.<br />
The effigy is 20 feet tall, made of wood and covered with straw and straw ropes , decorated by flowers and garlands. the effigy is colourfuly painted and Lord Aravan is made in the form of a brave warrior.<br />
, Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-98_1.jpg
  • Landscape of Koovagam, Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-97.jpg
  • Shri Koothandavar Temple, Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-56_1.jpg
  • Musicians at the featival, Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-138.jpg
  • The thali is cut by the for RS. 2/- .if the thali is made of gold he returns it to the devotee. Before they come to this place they remove their flowers. After the thali is cut, they let their hair loose and have a bath in nearby irrigation wells and change from colourful Sarees to a white Saree and take a role of a widow.<br />
 Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-126.jpg
  • Portrait of Selvi holding a picture of her at at the age of 21 years, she was castrated by her guru at that age.She sells Arrack to survive and her lover' Mahaligam' works as waiter in a hotel.<br />
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-111.jpg
  • Procession of Aranan Swamy.<br />
An effigy of the lord Aravan is made and placed on a chariot, It is taken around the village by the people of the village or the devotees.<br />
The effigy is 20 feet tall, made of wood and covered with straw and straw ropes , decorated by flowers and garlands. the effigy is colourfuly painted and Lord Aravan is made in the form of a brave warrior.<br />
, Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-106_1.jpg
  • The priest( known as Poosari) and his assistant ties the Thali, of an elederly eunuch consecrating the marriage of the eunuch to Lord Aravan . In Hindu custom, a marriage is sealed with tying of a Thali.<br />
The lower class eunuchs use a string dipped in turmeric water. the affluent eunuchs bring their own gold Thali.<br />
, Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-60.jpg
  • Hijras watching the Miss Koovagam Beauty contest for transgenders in India, Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India,
    eUNUCHS-161.jpg
  • The priest( known as Poosari) and his assistant ties the Thali, consecrating the marriage of the eunuch to Lord Aravan . In Hindu custom, a marriage is sealed with tying of a Thali.<br />
The lower class eunuchs use a string dipped in turmeric water. the affluent eunuchs bring their own gold Thali.<br />
, Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-133.jpg
  • , Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-100-Edit.jpg
  • The thali is cut by the for RS. 2/- .if the thali is made of gold he returns it to the devotee. Before they come to this place they remove their flowers. After the thali is cut, they let their hair loose and have a bath in nearby irrigation wells and change from colourful Sarees to a white Saree and take a role of a widow.<br />
 Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-150.jpg
  • Procession of Aranan Swamy.<br />
An effigy of the lord Aravan is made and placed on a chariot, It is taken around the village by the people of the village or the devotees.<br />
The effigy is 20 feet tall, made of wood and covered with straw and straw ropes , decorated by flowers and garlands. the effigy is colourfuly painted and Lord Aravan is made in the form of a brave warrior.<br />
, Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs-105_1.jpg
  • Procession of Aranan Swamy.<br />
An effigy of the lord Aravan is made and placed on a chariot, It is taken around the village by the people of the village or the devotees.<br />
The effigy is 20 feet tall, made of wood and covered with straw and straw ropes , decorated by flowers and garlands. the effigy is colourfuly painted and Lord Aravan is made in the form of a brave warrior.<br />
, Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India
    Eunuchs99.jpg
  • Venetian masks on display and for sale at a shop , Venice, Italy
    Italia-5.jpg
  • Picture on a wall depicting the famous Palio horse race in Siena, Italy
    Italia-2-3.jpg
  • Scarf tied on a tree as vow, at a shrine at Sambativu Kovil, Trincomalee
    _DSC4204.jpg
  • Indentation on a wall at the entrance to a home for the purpose of placing a oil lamp on festive occasions , Puducherry, Tamil Nadu , India
    India. Puducherry. TN _DSC9711.jpg
  • Boy dressed in military uniform at Nullur Festival, Jaffna
    Boy in Soldiers Uniform Jaffna_ Sri ...jpg
  • Portrait of a man with a headdress taking part in the Nallur Sooran Poor festival at the Nallur Temple, Jaffna
    _DSC7409.jpg
  • Wooden statue of Soorapathman is carried by devoted men and taken around Nallur Temple at the Sooran Festival , Jaffna
    _DSC7465-Edit-Edit.jpg
  • Devotees at the Sooran Festival ,  Nallur Temple Jaffna
    _DSC7450.jpg
  • Portrait of a man with a headdress taking part in the Nallur Sooran Poor festival at the Nallur Temple, Jaffna
    _DSC7415.jpg
  • Jothi is a Guru, In the background is her lover , who with his wife , children and mother-in-law have come to Koovagam , to celebrate the festival , Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India,
    Eunuchs-11.jpg
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