Tiruvannamalai transgender is Miss Koovagam

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Harini, a transgender from Tiruvannamalai, was crowned Ms Koovagam 2012 at the annual contest held on Monday.

Deepika of Chennai was named first runner-up and Chaya Singh of Dharmapuri the second runner-up at the contest conducted as part of the annual Koovagam festival at the Koothandavar temple in Villupuram district.

Hundreds of transgenders thronged Villupuram to participate in the 18-day festival. The festival, held at Koovagam village, symbolises the mythical wedding of Lord Krishna in female form to Aravaan, a warrior who is subsequently sacrificed for the victory of the Pandavas in the Mahabharatha.