The community has been holding its own Ardhanarishwar Durga Puja in Kolkata for the past six years
The transgender community in Kolkata is upset that for the second consecutive year its Durga Puja in the city did not receive the West Bengal government’s grant that was given to puja committees across the State.
The community has been holding its own puja - Ardhanarishwar Durga Puja - in Kolkata for six years now. For the first three years, it was held at the offices of the Association of Transgender/Hijra on Gokhale Road, under the banner of Gokhale Road Bandhan, but in 2021 the venue shifted to a Central government-built shelter in Mukundapur. That was the only time they received the State government grant.
