{"id":6115,"date":"2016-04-23T02:19:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-23T02:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org?p=6112&amp;preview_id=6112"},"modified":"2016-04-23T02:19:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-23T02:19:00","slug":"transgenders-make-debut-at-kumbh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=6115","title":{"rendered":"Transgenders make debut at Kumbh | The Indian Express"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"full-details\">\n<p>The maiden entry of Kinnar Akhara, an institution representing transgenders, at the Kumbh drew maximum attention as devotees scrambled to seek their blessings when they arrived at Gandharv Ghat Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Handing over currency notes and getting \u201cblessed coins\u201d in return, hundreds of devotees lined up to touch their feet. \u201cPaise do aur coins le jao (Give me notes and take coins in return),\u201d Pavitra Nimbolkar, a transgender from Maharashtra who is administrator of the newly formed akhara, shouted to devotees. Pavitra started asking for cash only after devotees insisted on touching her feet and paying money.<\/p>\n<p>The Kinnar Akhara\u2019s formation was reportedly opposed by 13 established akharas. It has several members, but never in the past have they been seen at any Kumbh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe thought we won\u2019t be accepted here because we are generally discriminated against, but people not only welcomed us, they showered money and devotion on us,\u201d Pavitra, who hails from Amravati but moved to Mumbai to be with her \u201cguru\u201d, told <a href=\"http:\/\/indianexpress.com\/\">The Indian Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/india-news-india\/transgenders-make-debut-at-kumbh-2766365\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Transgenders make debut at Kumbh | The Indian Express<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The maiden entry of Kinnar Akhara, an institution representing transgenders, at the Kumbh drew maximum attention as devotees scrambled to seek their blessings when they arrived at Gandharv Ghat Friday evening. Handing over currency notes and getting \u201cblessed coins\u201d in return, hundreds of devotees lined up to touch their feet. \u201cPaise do aur coins le [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[1472,1161,1471,1448,1473,260],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6115"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6115\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}