Transgender woman performs last rites of father
A 55-year-old transgender woman, Puja, on Tuesday performed the last rites of her 100-year-old father in Gujarat's Panchmahals district. Puja, who also has an elder brother, claimed that before dying, her father had asked all the family members to allow her to perform the ritual. As per Hindu traditions, the eldest son or a male mourner lights the funeral pyre.