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A 700-yr-old Dargah and a tradition of gender diverse inclusivity that lives on to this day

This February, The News Minute visited the Haji Malang Dargah near Mumbai during its annual Urs festival — a syncretic and pluralistic tradition involving Kinner and Hijra folks that is being threatened by claims that it is a Hindu temple. Rayyan Monkey writes.

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A 700-yr-old Dargah and a tradition of gender diverse inclusivity that lives on to this day

It’s early evening, and a Kinner/Hijra group is performing at the main shrine of the Haji Malang Dargah – singing and playing the dholak or dholki (drum) – seek

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