Papers Session: Trans* Religion(s) in South Asia
Abstract for Online Program Book (maximum 150 words)
This paper explores the circulation of the figure of Mātā to Sri Lanka, enabled by the travel of transwomen from Sri Lanka to India. In tracing the circulation of Mātā between Sri Lanka and India, the paper seeks to chart a regional account of Tamil trans lives animated by songs, rituals, and medicalized care across Tamil worlds.