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"When world rejected, religion took us": Odisha transgenders perform Durga Aarti in Bhubaneswar

IndiaTimes Friday, 20 October 2023
Members of the transgender community in Bhubaneswar and Kolkata celebrated Navratri by performing traditional rituals. In Bhubaneswar, they performed Durga Aarti and took out a 'kalash yatra', while in Kolkata, they decorated a Durga Puja pandal in a heritage tram. The transgender community expressed their desire for acceptance and empathy, rather than sympathy. In Kolkata, members of the transgender community were seen decorating a Durga Puja pandal in the heritage tram 'Chaitali' in the Dharmatala Tram Depot.
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