Thousands of transgenders attend Koovagam Festival in Tamil Nadu
April 29th, 2010 - 4:52 pm ICT by ANI -

By Jay Kumar

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Villupuram (Tamil Nadu), Apr 29 (ANI): Scores of transgenders from across the country throng a temple in Villupuram in Tamil Nadu for the three-day Koovagam Festival.

The Festival which ends today and is exclusively meant for transgenders.

The Koothandavar Temple that draws about 70,000 transgenders homosexuals and cross dressers from the country and the world- every year is a celebration of alternative sexuality on the last night of the Chitrai Festival. Two elderly male couples tie the knot, symbolising the warrior king Aravan's wedding to Krishna in his Mohini Avatar.