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Two hijras dressed, members of India's third gender, in colorful traditional clothing and jewelry, smiling at the Pushkar Camel Fair in India. Two hijras in colorful traditional sarees and jewelry take a selfie together, posing in front of a dark tiled wall before a performance in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Granite statue of Ardhanarishvara, the Hindu god Shiva depicted as half-male and half-female, from 14th-century Tamil Nadu, India. Hindu transgender devotees, dressed in festive clothing and jewelry, ride a decorated vehicle during Kumbh Mela in Haridwar, participating in the shahi snan procession. A hijra individual in colorful traditional attire and jewelry leads a street procession with drummers and onlookers during a religious festival in Amravati, India. Rama on Horseback Two hijra individuals in traditional clothing pose together under a colorful canopy at Ajmer Sharif Dargah, a Sufi shrine.
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Hijras, the third gender in South Asia
Two members of the hijra community in India, who identify as neither man...
© Iuliia Kryzhevska/Dreamstime.com
Selfie pride
At a flash mob event to raise awareness of their community, two hijras taking...
© Zabed Hasnain Chowdhury/SOPA Images—LightRocket/Getty Images
Ardhanarishvara
The composite male-female image of Shiva-Parvati known as Ardhanarishvara, granite...
Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of the Alsdorf Foundation (2002.631), www.artic.edu.
Hijras in the role of ascetics
A group of third-gender people in India participate in shahi snan, a highly...
© Rudra Narayan Mitra/Dreamstime.com
Hijra performer
A member of the third gender in India dancing in a street procession during a religious...
© CRS PHOTO/Shutterstock.com
Rama on Horseback
Rama on Horseback, Folio from a Ramayana (Adventures of Rama), opaque watercolor...
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter (M.81.280.5), www.lacma.org
Hijras at a Sufi shrine
Members of India's third-gender community, or hijras, attending the Sufi...
Tuul and Bruno Morandi/Alamy