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![]() The sakhi-bekhis are few in number and can be found in normally in Bengal. Both the jogappas and the devadasis serve as dancers and courtesans. They oversee the temple’s devadasis, maidservants of the goddess. There is also the jogappa of South India who are devotees of the goddess Yellamma-devi, a popular Hindu deity of Durga. In Tamil, Nadu, the term is aravanni or aruvani who are devotees of Kutandavar Aravan, god of Ali. Differences also lie in the deities that are worshipped as well as in its practice. Across India, it is known by other equivalent terms as the sub-continent is linguistically diverse. In English, the equivalent is eunuch though this term is not precise since the majority of hijras no longer undergoes castration. The politically correct term to use is kinnar. ![]() Probably the best-known are the hijras of northern India. There are several third-gender group is India.
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