A Ganapati mandal run by sex workers, eunuchs
By: Vivek Sabnis         Date:  2010-09-20         

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IT is the only Ganapati mandal in the city run exclusively by sex workers and hijras. And it has been around for 42 years.

At the Vaibhav Mitra Mandal, aartis and poojas have been performed by sex workers and eunuchs since it began celebrating Ganeshotsav in 1968. All castes and religions enthusiastically take part in the celebrations.
The Ganapati temple of the mandal stands at a place that was a garbage dump once.