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Meet the crossdresser saints of UP

Started by LostInTime, April 10, 2007, 03:41:04 PM

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Cross-dressing, the act of wearing clothing commonly associated with another gender, is seen mostly as an ignoble concept. However, few people know that it also has roots in India's mythology and culture.

There is a community of Lord Krishna's male devotees in Mathura and Vrindavan who dress up in female attire as an act of devotion. The 'cross-dresser' saints are called sakhis (friend) and according to their interpretation, dressing up like females is the act of posing as Radha (she who gives pleasure to Krishna).
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