From the Margins to Demigod: The Establishment of the Kinnar Akhara in India
From the Margins to Demigod: The Establishment of the Kinnar Akhara in India
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Nagoya: Nanzan University
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This article introduces the Kinnar Akhara, a recently established transgender religious organization that stems from the hijrā tradition, a religiously syncretic subculture of transgender individuals in India. The Kinnar Akhara was established in 2015 by Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, a transgender activist and at the time a hijrā leader, together with ot...
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From the Margins to Demigod: The Establishment of the Kinnar Akhara in India
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1882-6865
