India Koovagam Festival Photo Essay
India Koovagam Festival Photo Essay
Surya Kutty, center, winner of Miss Koovagam 2026 is congratulated by other contestants during a fashion show in Villupuram, India, Monday, April 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
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India Koovagam Festival Photo Essay
A shopkeeper places flowers in the hair of Nazariya Kutty during the Koovagam transgender festival in the Kallakurichi districtin the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
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India Koovagam Festival Photo Essay
Transgender participants walk out of the Koothandavar temple after symbolically marrying the Hindu god Aravan during the Koovagam festival in Kallakurichi district in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
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India Koovagam Festival Photo Essay
A motorist teases a group of transgender participants walking along a street after they attended the Miss Koovagam beauty pageant in Villupuram, Tamil Nadu, India, Monday, April 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
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India Koovagam Festival Photo Essay
A transgender participant gets ready before taking part in Miss Koovagam 2026 beauty pageant during Koovagam festival in Villupuram, India, Monday, April 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
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India Koovagam Festival Photo Essay
A priest ties a yellow sacred thread around the neck of a transgender participant symbolically marrying the Hindu god Aravan during the Koovagam festival in Kallakurichi district in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
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India Koovagam Festival Photo Essay
Transgender Ananya, left, and Nazariya Kutty talk before leaving for the Koothandavar temple to perform rituals during the Koovagam festival in Villupuram, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
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India Koovagam Festival Photo Essay
Nazariya Kutty, 28, left, with her friends drive to the Koothandavar temple to perform rituals during the Koovagam transgender festival in Villupuram, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
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India Koovagam Festival Photo Essay
Priests break the bangles of transgender participants during a ritual signifying the end of their symbolic marriage to the Hindu god Aravan at the Koovagam festival in the Kallakurichi district of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
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India Koovagam Festival Photo Essay
Transgender women kiss sacred threads before buying during the Koovagam festival in Kallakurichi district, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
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India Koovagam Festival Photo Essay
Transgender participants celebrate amid fanfare after symbolically marrying the Hindu god Aravan during the Koovagam festival in the Kallakurichi district of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
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A priest ties a sacred thread on the hand of a transgender participant symbolically marrying the Hindu god Aravan during the Koovagam festival in Kallakurichi district in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
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India Koovagam Festival Photo Essay
Hindu devotees and Transgenders dance during the Koovagam transgender festival in Kallakurichi district, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
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Transgender participants wear white saris to mark a symbolic ritual of widowhood during the Koovagam festival in the Kallakurichi district of southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
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A chariot procession of the Hindu god Aravan is taken out during the Koovagam transgender festival in Kallakurichi district of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
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Hindu devotees and transgender participants arrive for the Koovagam transgender festival in Kallakurichi district, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
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Transgender participants wait before taking part in Miss Koovagam 2026 beauty pageant during Koovagam festival, in Villupuram, India, Monday, April 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
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Nazariya Kutty gets ready in a parlor to participate in the Koovagam transgender festival in Villupuram, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
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Nazariya Kutty, second right, with her friends arrive to participate in the Koovagam transgender festival in Kallakurichi district, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
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Transgender participants mourn the end of symbolic marriage to the Hindu god Aravan during the Koovagam festival in Kallakurichi district of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
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Hindu devotees and transgender people dance during the Koovagam transgender festival in Kallakurichi district, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
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Hindu devotees and transgender participants dance during the Koovagam transgender festival in Kallakurichi district, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
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Surya Kutty, center, winner of Miss Koovagam 2026 is congratulated by other contestants during a fashion show in Villupuram, India, Monday, April 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)