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Yathartha Pictures, also abbreviated as यP ⓘ or YaPi, is a YouTube channel launched in 2015. A video featuring 7 Hijras ( trans women ) singing the National Anthem of India created by this channel went viral in August, 2015.
The Bahuchar Mata Temple is a Hindu temple located in Becharaji, in the Mehsana district of Gujarat, India.Dedicated to Bahuchara Mata, a goddess of fertility, the temple is an important pilgrimage site, especially revered by the hijra community and those seeking blessings for fertility and protection.
Hijras of Delhi. Hijra generally describes the self-organised spiritual and social community (from either the Hindu or Muslim religious traditions) of transgender women in North India, while in a historical sense it can also denote eunuchs in the Western sense of the word (as males who have been castrated and who serve as members of a royal or noble court).
Shabnam Mausi was elected from the Sohagpur Assembly constituency in Madhya Pradesh state's Shahdol-Anuppur district. As a member of the Legislative Assembly, her agenda included fighting corruption, unemployment, poverty, and hunger, as well as speaking out against discrimination against transgender people, hijras, eunuchs, cross-dressers and raising awareness about HIV/AIDS.
Although hijras were already criminalised by Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, in 1861, authorities of the North-Western Provinces (NWP) sought to enact a 'special law' against hijras. [45] By 1870, no high-ranking British officials argued against the implementation of special legislation to address the 'hijra problem', thus solidifying an ...
It is a collection of real life stories of the people belonging to the Hijra community in South India. [8] She credits the book with inspiring other hijra writers to publish their own books, such as Priya Babu's Naan Sarvanan Alla (2007) and Vidya's I am Vidya (2008). [8] Following this, she decided to write about her own experiences.
Six Pack Band is an Indian pop music group. The media has remarked that they are the first music group of all hijra performers, with "hijra" translated as "transgender". The band members are Asha Jagtap, Komal Jagtap, Ravina Jagtap, Fida Khan, Bhavika Patil, and Chandni Suvarnakar. [1] Each of them has shared biographical information about ...
The ethnographic film uses a linear narrative covering three main themes: love, history, and exclusion within the Indian society, all presented in a non-chronological order. Creating and maintaining an acceptable relationship with a eunuch is difficult, but Kiran and Dinesh loved each other very much.