Pilgrims throng Kinnar Akhara at Maha Kumbh, members say sect ‘sealed right to spirituality’

MAHAKUMBH NAGAR: Having faced stiff resistance when they tried to register an ‘akhara’ for transgender persons 10 years ago, the camp of their sect at the ongoing Maha Kumbh is now flooded with pilgrims queuing up for blessings.

More than 3,000 trans persons, most of them abandoned by their families, are residing in the akhara and taking part in the sacred bathing ritual at the Sangam.

The surge of devotees seeking their blessings has finally offered them hope that they would be accepted in society.

Source: PTI News

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