300-year-old tradition of creamting transgenders on Varanasi back from Sept
12 Aug 2016 1:25 AM IST
The newly formed Kinnar Akhara' has decided to hold the post-death ritual for all transgenders who had died in recent years.
The Bill confers the right upon transgender persons to be recognised as such and also grants them the right to \"self- perceived\" gender identity. (Photo: File)
Lucknow: The dead will finally get their due. In September when the ‘Pitra Paksha’ begins, a collective ‘Pind Daan’ ceremony for transgenders will be held in Varanasi along the banks of the Ganga.
The newly formed ‘Kinnar Akhara’ has decided to hold the post-death ritual for all transgenders who had died in recent years.
Lakshmi Tripathi, the ‘Mahamandaleshwar of the Akhara, said, “We are going to break the three century-old-tradition that does not allow post-death rituals for transgenders. We will start the practice of cremating transgenders”.
( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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