Sculptures of brightly bedecked goddess Kottai Kaliamman in various forms and sizes adorn the terrace of K. Sneha, a young transgender sculptor from Old Town in Vellore.
Her small terrace at the foothills of rugged hillock along Nicholson Canal has been busy for over a month with young sculptors like her, making various sculptures like Kali, Ratha Katteri, Narasimhar, Siva and Parvathi, painting them in different colours ahead of Mayana Kollai festival that was held on Saturday along the dry Palar river.
“Unlike others in the town, who celebrate the festival in the river, we do it at our Kali temple at the centre of Vellore town for many years. We do it on the first Sunday after Maha Shivarathi,” said Ms. Sneha, a transgender.
